![Carbon – found in various forms such as diamond and graphite, and essential to life. Carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere, raising global temperatures and contributing to global warming.](https://i1.wp.com/www.compoundchem.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/006-Carbon-web.png?fit=669%2C669&ssl=1)
Here’s element number six, carbon, in the series of element graphics I’m producing with the Royal Society of Chemistry for the International Year of the Periodic Table.
Here’s element number six, carbon, in the series of element graphics I’m producing with the Royal Society of Chemistry for the International Year of the Periodic Table.
You may not have been aware, but this week is Graphene Week 2015, which marks a yearly week-long conference at the University of Manchester based around the emerging science and technological applications of graphene. This seemed as good a time as any to take a look at graphene: what it is, why some scientists are excited by its potential, and how it might make its way to your hands in the near future.