Carbon is one of the most representative and essential chemical elements on the periodic table. Carbon is represented by the symbol C. Its corresponding atomic number is six, and its atomic mass is 12.01.
Thanks to all of its physical and chemical properties, carbon, as we mentioned before, is one of the most essential elements for all living beings on the planet since it is an element that is highly involved in life.
Carbon is capable of forming a wide variety of very stable chemical compounds. This property can join itself and many other chemical elements thanks to this property. There are more than ten million compounds that currently have involvement with carbon.
