The molecules of a carbon compound must contain an atom of carbon. All living things, including plants and animals, are composed of organic components, which are carbon-based substances.
Carbon compounds are present everywhere i.e. in the food that we eat, the clothes that we wear and even in the lead of the pencil by which we write. The atomic number of carbon is 6 and the atomic mass is 12.01gmol-1. Carbon is a member of the 14th group. According to the data, it is the seventeenth most abundant element found on Earth. It is found in both free as well as in the combined state.
It is found in both free as well as in the combined state. It can be available as coal, graphite in the elemental state. Whereas it is present as metal carbonates, hydrocarbons, and carbon dioxide gas in the combined state. When it combines with other elements such as dihydrogen, dioxygen, chlorine, and sulphur provides amazing arrays of materials that can vary from tissues to medicines.
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