Special Issue on Carbon Chemical
Carbon is the
chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on
the periodic table, it is nonmetallic and tetravalent — making four electrons
available to form covalent chemical bonds. There are three naturally occurring
isotopes, with 12C and 13C being stable, while 14C is radioactive, decaying
with a half-life of about 5,730 years. Carbon is one of the few elements known
since antiquity.
There are several
allotropes of carbon of which the best known are graphite, diamond, and
amorphous carbon. The physical properties of carbon vary widely with the
allotropic form. For example, diamond is highly transparent, while graphite is
opaque and black. Diamond is the hardest naturally-occurring material known,
while graphite is soft enough to form a streak on paper. Diamond has a very low
electrical conductivity, while graphite is a very good conductor. Under normal
conditions, diamond, carbon nanotube and graphene have the highest thermal
conductivities of all known materials.
All carbon
allotropes are solids under normal conditions with graphite being the most
thermodynamically stable form. They are chemically resistant and require high
temperature to react even with oxygen. The most common oxidation state of
carbon in inorganic compounds is +4, while +2 is found in carbon monoxide and
other transition metal carbonyl complexes. The largest sources of inorganic
carbon are limestones, dolomites and carbon dioxide, but significant quantities
occur in organic deposits of coal, peat, oil and methane clathrates. Carbon
forms more compounds than any other element, with almost ten million pure
organic compounds described to date, which in turn are a tiny fraction of such
compounds that are theoretically possible under standard conditions.
In this special
issue, we intend to invite front-line researchers and authors to submit
original research and review articles on exploring Carbon Chemical.
Authors should read
over the journal’s Author’s Guidelines carefully before
submission, Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their
complete manuscript through the journal Paper
Submission System.
Please kindly notice that
the “Special Issue’’ under your
manuscript title is supposed to be specified and the research field “Special Issue — Carbon Chemical” should be
chosen during your submission.
According to the
following timetable:
Manuscript Due
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May 10th,
2013
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Publication Date
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July 2013
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