Carbon
Definition of Carbon
Car´bon Pronunciation: kär´bǒn | n. | 1. | (Chem.) An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite. | | 2. | (Elec.) A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp; also, a plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery. | | 3. | a sheet of carbon paper. | | 4. | a carbon copy. |
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Carbamic
Carbamic acid
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Carbanil
Carbazol
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Carbazotic acid
Carbide
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Carbinol
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Carbolic
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Carbolize
carbomycin
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Carbon compounds
Carbon dioxide
carbon monoxide
Carbon process
Carbon steel
Carbon transmitter
carbon-14
Carbonaceous
Carbonade
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Carbone
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Carbonic acid
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