The backbone of every known living thing, and the most versatile bonder in the periodic table.
- Atomic number
- 6
- Atomic mass
- 12.011 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [He] 2s² 2p²
- Melting point
- 3,823 K · 3,549.9 °C
- Boiling point
- 4,098 K · 3,824.9 °C
- Density
- 2.267 g/cm³
- Electronegativity
- 2.55
- Period / Group
- 2 / 14
- Discovery year
- Prehistoric