Science Struck
Science Struck: Well Known Uses of Carbon
Discover the wide variety of ways we use carbon as well as its three allotropes that are found in the natural world - graphite, diamonds, and amorphous carbon.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le.4 Graphene
This task provides a real-world context for examining the power of exponential growth and decay. Students experiment, at the macro level, using scotch tape to pull a chip of graphite apart into two pieces. They are asked to find about...
Other
Chemistry 1341 Lecture Notes: Inorganic Carbon Compounds
The forms of inorganic carbon are discussed in terms of their hybridization, stability, reactivity, and uses.
MadSci Network
The Mad Scientist Network: Chemistry
Using a question and answer format, this page addresses the question: "What effect may crystallization have on the optical properties of a material?" Crystalline and amorphous solids are compared and contrasted; their properties are...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Lead in Your Pencil
Site uncovers the myth that pencils are still made of lead. Instead, they are made of graphite.
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Carbon
Summary of the uses, history, properties, proper disposal, and environmental fate of the various forms of carbon. The various allotropes of carbon are described in detail.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: The Element Carbon
This site from the Jefferson Lab on the element Carbon contains information on the three allotropes of carbon (amorphous, graphite and diamond)and their uses.
Michigan Technological University
Graphite & Diamond Crystal Structures
Illustrations of the crystal structure of graphite and diamond.
Amethyst Galleries
Amethyst Galleries: Mineral Gallery: Diamond
A detailed discussion of the physical properties of diamonds, including different forms of carbon, locations of origin, uses, color, and more. Informational and helpful concerning diamonds.
Amethyst Galleries
Native Elements Class: The Mineral Diamond
Description of diamonds and their properties. Includes a gallery of raw uncut diamonds.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Carbon Uses in Everyday Life
Learn about the properties and uses of the element carbon.
Curated OER
Native Elements Class: Graphite
Description of graphite and its basic properties. Also a comparison to diamond and how they differ.
Curated OER
The image.com: Minerals
This is a very large list of minerals complete with image and physical descriptions, chemical descriptions, and classification.