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THE CARBON ATOM Carbon is found in many different compounds. It is in the food you eat, the clothes you wear, the cosmetics you use and the gasoline that fuels your car. Carbon is the sixth most abundant element in the universe. In addition, carbon is a very special element because it plays a dominant role in the chemistry of life. Carbon, discovered in prehistory and was known to the ancients, who manufactured it by burning organic material making charcoal. There are four known allotopes of cabon: amorphous, graphite, diamond and fullerene. A new (fifth) allotrope of carbon was recently found. It is a spongy solid that i
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