Facts About Carbon

I'm sure you know that carbon is the 6th most abundant element in the universe. Carbon has been known since time was time. Coal deposits is basically where carbon is usually taken from. But it is also usually processed into a suitable for commercial use.

3 Naturally Occurring Allotropes

- Amorphous

- Graphite

- Diamond

Below I will give a brief description of the 3 naturally occurring allotropes.........

Amorphous - Is developed when a material containing carbon is burned without enough oxygen for it to burn fully. It's a dark black soot, it could possibly be mistaken for dirty dust. It is also known as lampblack, gas black, channel black or carbon black or carbon black.

Use: - inks
- paints
- rubber products
- can be pressed and shaped in the use of dry cell batteries

Graphite - it has the reputation of being the softest materials known. Graphite occurs naturally, some commercial graphite is produced by treating petroleum coke, which is a black tar, which would most likely look like a dark residue. Which remains after the refinment of crude oil, which most of the world's cars run on today.

Use: - lubricant
- used in large amounts in the production of steel.

Commonly called Lead

Dis you know? The black substance in pencils is graphite.

Naturally occurring graphite occur in 2 forms:

Alpha Beta

The two forms have similar physical properties but on the flip side, they have different crystal structures.

Diamond - the 3rd naturally occurring form of carbon. This is one of the hardest substances known to man.

Use: - jewelry
Although most commercial quality diamond are artificially produced.

The Human Body

What makes up most of the human body is water. The cells are made up of 65 - 90% of water or water weight. And most of the human bod's mass is oxygen. Carbon is the basic unit for organic molecules, which comes in second on the list. 99% of human body mass consists of just six elements. Which are oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus.

The Human Respiratory System

This system is within the human body. The lungs which what are basically two balloons in which are used to breath. They are enclosed in the rib cage which are on the sides. And what leaves the diaphragm underneath. When the diaphragm is pulled down and the ribcage expands a small vacuum is made. I called it a vacuum because it draws air in through the nose and through the sinus which then goes through the pharynx, through the larynx, and into the branchial tree, and finally into the lungs.

This is the process of human breathing. If humans didn't breath they would be dead. It's a part of life, a part of human existence. When oxygen is absorbed by the lungs into the bloodstream. The oxygenated, food which is very rich in blood goes to the heart and is then pumped throughout the body. It's pumped to all parts of the body where the oxygen and nutrients are taken in. By the body's cells. Then from there the cells give off carbon dioxide back into the blood which returns to the heart. It is pumped from the heart to the lungs where carbon dioxide accompanied by other wastes and is exhaled from the lungs.