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carbon (n.)

1.a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper

2.an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds

3.a copy made with carbon paper

Carbon (descriptor)

1.A nonmetallic element with atomic symbol C, atomic number 6, and atomic weight 12.011. It may occur as several different allotropes including DIAMOND; CHARCOAL; and GRAPHITE.

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+activated carbon • carbon 14 • carbon arc • carbon arc lamp • carbon atom • carbon black • carbon copy • carbon cycle • carbon dating • carbon dichloride • carbon dioxide • carbon dioxide acidosis • carbon disulfide • carbon monoxide • carbon monoxide gas • carbon monoxide poisoning • carbon nanotube • carbon paper • carbon process • carbon steel • carbon tet • carbon tetrachloride • carbon tetrahalide • carbon-14 dating • low-carbon steel • radioactive carbon

+Carbon-Carbon Double Bond Isomerases • Carbon-Carbon Ligases • Carbon-Carbon Lyases • Carbon Compounds, Inorganic • Carbon Dioxide • Carbon Disulfide • Carbon Isotopes • Carbon Monoxide • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning • Carbon-Nitrogen Ligases • Carbon-Nitrogen Ligases with Glutamine as Amide-N-Donor • Carbon-Nitrogen Lyases • Carbon-Oxygen Ligases • Carbon-Oxygen Lyases • Carbon Radioisotopes • Carbon-Sulfur Ligases • Carbon-Sulfur Lyases • Carbon Tetrachloride • Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning • Nanotubes, Carbon • One-Carbon Group Transferases

 
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