Question / प्रश्न : - कार्बन (Carbon) क्या है? / What is Carbon?
Answer / उत्तर – अधातु / Non-metal
Carbon is a member of group 14 of the periodic table. Other members of this class are silicon, germanium, tin and lead. Since carbon is the first member of group 14 of the periodic table, for this reason the elements of this subgroup are called elements of carbon family. The symbol for carbon is C and the atomic number is 6. Its electronic configuration is 1s2, 2s22p2. The number of valence electrons in it is 4. Among the elements of the carbon group, all except lead exhibit the property of allotropy. Carbon and silicon are non-metals, germanium is metalloid, while tin and lead are metals.
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