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  • Carbon is a non metal. It react with oxygen to give an acidic oxide, and its compounds are molecular substances with covalent bonding. It has three pure forms (allotropes) which are diamond, buckminsterfullerene and graphite. The first two contain covalent bonds and do not conduct electricity, as you would expect for a non-metal, but graphite also contains a delocalised bond, which gives it some similarities to a metal, including good conduction of electricity.
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