When oxygen atoms bind to a graphite surface, they fall into line and make bridges across carbon atoms. This is the spearhead of a chemical attack in which the atomic arrangement of solid carbon is ...

Carbon is in group IV A of the periodic table with atomic number 6, an atomic weight of 12.011, and a density of 2.26. It melts at 3727 C. The stable form of carbon at room temperature is Graphite ...

Diamond is well-known for being the hardest natural material on Earth, though synthetic forms have been developed that are even tougher – a feat that researchers have managed again, through a new ...