Carbon synonyms

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coal
Hot air is added to the pulverized coal powder and it is burned. The burning coal heats a boiler which makes steam to power a generator that creates electricity.
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coke
Coal from which most of the gases have been removed by heating: it burns with intense heat and little smoke, and is used as an industrial fuel
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element
A short form of heating element, a component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
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c
An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.
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charcoal
A black porous form of carbon produced by heating wood or bone in little or no air. Charcoal is used as a fuel, for drawing, and in air and water filters.
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lead
Lead is defined as a heavy, soft, flexible metal.
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soot
Soot is a black powdery dirt made from carbon that usually comes from burning organic matter.
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periodic-table (related)
A table in which the chemical elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number. Elements with similar properties are arranged in the same column (called a group), and elements with the same number of electron shells are arranged in the same row (called a period).
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carbon copy
A copy of an electronic document sent to people in addition to the addressed recipient.
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CO2 (related)
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graphite
A very soft, black, hexagonal mineral of pure carbon, formed in thin plates and found in metamorphic rocks: used in making electrodes, paints, the lead of pencils, etc.
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atomic number 6
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
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copy
The definition of a copy is an exact duplicate of someone or something.
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carbon-dioxide (related)
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hydrogen (related)
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nitrogen (related)
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dioxide (related)
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gas-carbon (related)
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energy (related)
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sulphur (related)
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methane (related)
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greenhouse-gas (related)
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duplicate
One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.
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replica
A reproduction or copy of a work of art, esp. a copy by the maker of the original
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carbon-paper
Paper used in the carbon process
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emission (related)
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monoxide (related)
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reproduction
A copy of something, as in a piece of art; a duplicate.
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  • Flecks of blood remained on the carbon fiber bullet.

  • Wehnelt discovered that the same effect could be produced by using instead of a carbon filament a platinum wire covered with the oxides of calcium or barium, which when incandescent have the property of copiously emitting negative ions.

  • Hot concentrated sulphuric acid also decomposes allantoin, with production of ammonia, and carbon monoxide and dioxide.

  • The gas contains a certain amount of hydrogen and oxides of carbon, also traces of nitrogen.

  • Later, while attempting to utilize the gas for the production of electricity by means of a Grove gas battery, he noticed that the carbon monoxide contained in it combined with nickel.

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