Carbon Atoms Can Be Found in a Variety of Elemental

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Essay

Carbon atoms can be found in a variety of elemental forms.At sufficiently high temperature, carbon is an atomic gas.At room temperature, both tetrahedral networks in diamond and trigonal planar networks in graphite can be found.Trigonal planar networks of carbon atoms are also found in buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀).Rank these forms of carbon based on increasing standard molar entropy.Explain your reasoning.

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Clark Hull

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