Carbon is a very important chemical element, with a chemical symbol of C. All known life on Earth is made from it. Carbon has atomic mass 12 and atomic number 6. It is a non-metallic element.

Tàn shì yīzhǒng fēicháng zhòngyào de huàxué yuánsù, huàxué fúhào shì C. Dìqiú shàng suǒyǒu yǐzhī de shēngwù dōu shì yóu Tàn zǔchéng. Tàn de yuánzǐ zhìliàng shì 12, yuánzǐ xùshù shì 6. Tàn shì fēi-jīnshǔ yuánsù.