The mankhwala katundu wa elemental carbon firiji ndi yolimba, insoluble m'madzi, kuchepetsa zidulo, kuchepetsa alkalis, ndi organic solvents; imayendetsedwa ndi mpweya pa kutentha kwakukulu ndi kutentha kuti ipange carbon dioxide kapena carbon monoxide; mu halogeni kokha fluorine akhoza kugwirizana mwachindunji ndi elemental carbon; Pansi pa kutentha kwakukulu, kaboni ikhoza kuchita ndi zitsulo zambiri kupanga zitsulo za carbides. Kaboni ndi yochepetsetsa, ndipo zitsulo zimatha kusungunuka pa kutentha.
Flexible Graphite Sheet ndi mchere wamakina owala kwambiri omwe miyala yake ya crystal imakhala yokongola kwambiri. Mtunda wa pakati pa matope onse ndi 340pm, ndipo kusiyana kwa maatomu a kaboni mumphindi imodzimodzi ndi 142pm. Ndimadzimadzi ozungulira omwe ali ndi makina osakaniza. Pamwamba penipeni pamakhala makompyuta ambiri, ndipo chikoka chake chimakhala chofooka, choncho chilengedwe chake chimakhala chabwino kwambiri.
Flexible Graphite Sheet ndi diamondi, carbon 60, carbon nanotubes, ndi zina zonse ndizopanda ntchito imodzi ya carbon, ndipo ndi allotropes.