How many atoms in a molecule of carbon?

Answer 1

Molecule of Carbon?????

Carbon is an ATOM in its own right.

However, atoms of carbon have the ability toi catenate and form allotropes of carbon. viz;-

#1 ; Graphite . Any number of carbon atoms combine covalently to form sheets of graphite.

#2 ; Diamond. Any number of carbon atoms combine covalently , but in an adamantine structure to form diamond.

#3 ; Buckminster Fullerene (Footballene) 60 atoms of carbon combine covelently to form a sphereical football like structure.

Answer 2

Carbon can come in a variety of forms, most of which are not molecular. The two forms of carbon that we most commonly refer to re diamond and graphite. Both of these allotropes consist of a repeating covalent network with no discrete molecules.

Answer 3

It depends on the molecule. Hydrogen peroxide is an example of an inorganic molecule--one that contains no carbon. OTOH, some molecules have hundreds of carbon atoms.

Answer 4

A molecule of carbon typically consists of one atom of carbon.

Answer 5

carbon is an atom not a molecule