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Carbon

颁辞苍迟谤颈产耻迟辞谤:听Cole and Koen

About the Display:听The display has various allotropes of carbon and items containing carbon:

• Amorphous Carbon -听The charcoal in the display was made in our woodburning stove. Charcoal is mostly made up of amorphous carbon and is created when wood is baked in a high heat and low oxygen environment.听
• Graphite -听Graphite is in the display because it is made from layers of carbon atoms. The layers of carbon cause it to flake apart and be soft, unlike diamonds. Graphite is commonly found in pencils and is often incorrectly called lead when referred to as a "lead pencil".
• Diamond -听Diamonds are like graphite because they are made from carbon. However, the carbon atoms are arranged differently than graphite which makes it a different color and extremely hard.听
• Human Body -听A picture of Cole is also included. Although not an allotrope, Cole (the human body), is made up of 18% carbon.

About the 颁辞苍迟谤颈产耻迟辞谤:听About Cole - I am eleven years old and I play soccer. When my dad told me I'm partly made of carbon, I decided that I should use carbon as my element.

About Koen - I am nine years old. I like to read and I love to play.

Cole and Koen are home-schooled by their mother. For this project, they added extra time to their science curriculum to study carbon!

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