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Carbon (C, 6)

Carbon isotope

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Carbon-12 (stable, 99%)

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Carbon-13 (stable, 1%)

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Carbon-14 (5 ky)

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Radiocarbon dating

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Before Present

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Carbon compound

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Allotrope of carbon

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Allotrope of carbon

Diamond

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Fullerene

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Buckyballs (C60) by Periodic Videos (2010)

Source. Actually shows them in a lab!

youtu.be/ljF5QhD5hnI?t=167 has a photo of the first effective production method, which passes a large current between two carbon rods
youtu.be/ljF5QhD5hnI?t=245 and forward cuts (their editing is very annoying) shows how fullerene dissolves in an organic solvent TODO name, sounds like thodium? and produces a violet solution, while graphite doesn't. A Ultrasonic bath is needed for the solution to form however.
youtu.be/ljF5QhD5hnI?t=501 fullerene is not a good lubricant despite being a little ball, because it is reactive and polymerises under pressure

Endohedral fullerene

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Endohedral Fullerenes by Dom Burges (2016)

Graphite

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The layered one.

Nuclear graphite

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Graphene

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A single layer of graphite.

Carbonate ( $C O_{3}^{2 -}$ )

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Calcium carbonate ( $C a C O_{3}$ )

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Calcium carbonate polymorph

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Calcite

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Aragonite (1797)

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Vaterite

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