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    Carbon (from Latin carbo 'coal') is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6. It is nonmetallic and tetravalent—meaning that its atoms are...
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    Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CO2. It is made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded...
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    consists of one carbon atom and one oxygen atom connected by a triple bond. It is the simplest carbon oxide. In coordination complexes, the carbon monoxide ligand...
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  • A carboncarbon bond is a covalent bond between two carbon atoms. The most common form is the single bond: a bond composed of two electrons, one from each...
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    The carbon cycle is a part of the biogeochemical cycle where carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere...
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    Carbon fibre reinforced carbon (CFRC), carboncarbon (C/C), or reinforced carboncarbon (RCC) is a composite material consisting of carbon fiber reinforcement...
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    A carbon footprint (or greenhouse gas footprint) is a calculated value or index that makes it possible to compare the total amount of greenhouse gases...
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    Carbon sequestration is the process of storing carbon in a carbon pool.: 2248  It plays a crucial role in limiting climate change by reducing the amount...
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    Activated carbon, also called activated charcoal, is a form of carbon commonly used to filter contaminants from water and air, among many other uses....
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    Carbon steel is a steel with carbon content from about 0.05 up to 2.1 percent by weight. The definition of carbon steel from the American Iron and Steel...
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    Earth radiates after it warms from sunlight, warming the lower atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, the primary gas driving global warming, has increased in concentration...
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  • A carbon tariff or carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) is an eco-tariff on embedded carbon. In 2024 the United States said it is not a carbon tax...
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    Greenhouse gas (redirect from Carbon output)
    Industrial Revolution (around 1750) have increased carbon dioxide by over 50%, and methane levels by 150%. Carbon dioxide emissions are causing about three-quarters...
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    offset their residual emissions by buying carbon credits. People often use the terms net-zero emissions, carbon neutrality, and climate neutrality with...
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  • Look up carbon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Carbon is a chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. Carbon may also refer to: Carbon (2017...
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    Carbon-14, C-14, 14C or radiocarbon, is a radioactive isotope of carbon with an atomic nucleus containing 6 protons and 8 neutrons. Its presence in organic...
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    Carbon offsetting is a carbon trading mechanism that enables entities to compensate for offset greenhouse gas emissions by investing in projects that...
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    a carbon–hydrogen or carboncarbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon. For example, carbon-containing...
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    Graphene (redirect from Carbon chip)
    Graphene (/ˈɡræfiːn/) is a carbon allotrope consisting of a single layer of atoms arranged in a honeycomb planar nanostructure. The name "graphene" is...
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    Carbon tetrachloride, also known by many other names (such as carbon tet for short and tetrachloromethane, also recognised by the IUPAC), is a chemical...
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  • carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics, carbon-fiber reinforced-thermoplastic (CFRP, CRP, CFRTP), also known as carbon fiber, carbon composite, or just carbon, are extremely strong...
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    A carbon tax is a tax levied on the carbon emissions from producing goods and services. Carbon taxes are intended to make visible the hidden social costs...
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    Carbon fibers or carbon fibres (alternatively CF, graphite fiber or graphite fibre) are fibers about 5 to 10 micrometers (0.00020–0.00039 in) in diameter...
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    A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a tube made of carbon with a diameter in the nanometre range (nanoscale). They are one of the allotropes of carbon. Two broad...
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  • Carbon filament may refer to: A carbon filament in an incandescent light bulb Filaments in the synthesis of carbon fibre Filamentous carbon This disambiguation...
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    activities intensify the greenhouse effect. This contributes to climate change. Carbon dioxide (CO2), from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural...
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    Graphite (redirect from Carbon electrode)
    Graphite (/ˈɡræfaɪt/) is a crystalline allotrope (form) of the element carbon. It consists of many stacked layers of graphene, typically in the excess...
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    Carbon is capable of forming many allotropes (structurally different forms of the same element) due to its valency (tetravalent). Well-known forms of carbon...
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    Carbon black (with subtypes acetylene black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black and thermal black) is a material produced by the incomplete combustion...
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    Carbon-12 (12C) is the most abundant of the two stable isotopes of carbon (carbon-13 being the other), amounting to 98.93% of element carbon on Earth;...
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