Hello,

My element of the week is Carbon.
I am told that carbon is the very basis for life to be constructed. My actual knowledge of carbon would consist of.

Atomic number= 6, that's 6 protons and 6 electrons.
Symbol= C
Atomic mass= 12, 6 neutrons

C= 6 so that is 1s2, 2s2, 1px1, 1py1

Is that right?
Hope so then I understand in correctly.

I am interested in seeing how carbon fits in with the rest of the world.
Anything else I would say about carbon would be plagarism. Thank you.