Carbon is the 6th element of the periodic table. It is the 6th most abundant element in the universe. There are 3 natural allotropes. They all do different things. The first is used for making inks, the second is used for lubricants and pencils, and the last is diamonds used on cutting tools. (A mans best friend, not a girls.)
Silicon is the 14 element of the periodic table. One allotrope of it is used in microchips in its metallic state. Another is Silicon Dioxide, which it the most abundant element in the earth crust, and can be anything forms sand to quartz to flint or opal. It also combines to make some glass and even egg preserves.
Germanium is the 32nd element of the periodic table. When combined with other elements it is used as an electrical conductor. It also helps make florescent lights glow. It can also be used to kill some types of bacteria and is being researched now.
Tin is the 50th element of the periodic table. One for of tin is gray tin; there are few uses of gray tin. Then there is white tin, white tin is the normal from. Tin is used to coat metals to keep them from rusting. It is also important in making window glass.
Lead is the 82nd element of the periodic table. Lead is some and easy to manipulate and corrosion resistant, making it a highly useful element. Some old pipes were made of lead and are still in use. But it is poisonous so your water pipes killed you. It is also a shield for x-rays and gamma rays so it is used to line x-ray room walls. It is also used in batteries such as car batteries where acids react with the lead to create charge. Was once uses as an insecticide but because of the poison it killed people and animals. It is still used at bullets and weights today.
