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What is a chemical property of carbon?

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I'll give you three just in case a couple are ones you aren't quite looking for.

-Carbon has several allotropes, or different forms in which it can exist. A couple of allotropes included are graphite and diamond, which both have very different properties.

-Despite carbon's ability to make 4 bonds and its presence in many compounds, it is highly nonreactive under normal conditions.

-Carbon exists in three main isotopes: ¹²C, ¹³C, and ¹⁴C in which ¹⁴C is radioactive and used in dating carbon-containing samples (known as radiometric dating)

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