Allotropes of Carbon

Question 1

What is diamond made up of?

Answer 1

Carbon atoms that each form four covalent bonds

Question 2

What are the characteristics of diamond?

Answer 2

Very High melting point, doesn’t conduct electricity, strong covalent bonds

Question 3

What is an Allotrope?

Answer 3

Different structural forms of the same element in the same physical state

Question 4

What is the main structure of Graphite?

Answer 4

Three covalent bonds creating sheets of carbon arranged in hexagons

Question 5

What are the characteristics of Graphite?

Answer 5

High melting point, conducts electricity and thermal energy

Question 6

What is the structure of Graphene?

Answer 6

A sheet of carbon atoms joined together in hexagons The sheet is just one atom thick making it two dimensional

Question 7

What do Fullerenes form?

Answer 7

Spheres and Tubes

Question 8

What are Fullerenes?

Answer 8

Molecules of Carbon shaped in closed tubes

Question 9

What are Fullerenes used for?

Answer 9

caging other molecules, industrial catalysts, lubricants

Question 10

What are the characteristics of Fullerenes?

Answer 10

high surface area conducts electrical current and thermal energy tensile strength