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CARBON

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 common element in the universe. In addition, carbon is a very special element because it plays a dominant role in the chemistry of life.


THE CARBON ATOM

Learn about the element carbon, its physical properties and electronic structure. View 2s, 2px, 2py orbitals for carbon...

CARBON MOLECULE

Learn about the 3 types of carbon: diamonds, graphite and fullerenes. Learn why carbon is is the building block to molecules of life. Introduction to simple carbon compounds

MORE ON THE FULLERENE

This is the carbon molecule that has been making headlines in Nanotechnology and now the drug industry also has interests in it. What does it look like? How big is it? In this interactive activity you will measure the diameter of a fullerene molecule using JAVA MAGE , a molecular modeling java applet.

CARBON 3-D

Same module as 'carbon molecule', but images are generated using the molecular modeling plug-in chime. This allows molecules to be rotated and viewed in 3-D

SIMPLE CARBON COMPOUNDS

View Simple carbon compounds and molecular models of simple carbon molecules.


CHIME TUTORIAL

This is an introductory tutorial to Chime that also contains hydrocarbon structures. Excellent for grades 8+


MATHMOL CARBON LIBRARY

View gif files of diamond, carbon, fullerene. Includes pdb files for carbon atoms.


MATHMOL LIBRARY HOME PAGE

View other carbon structures -- molecules of life DNA, and amino acids.




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