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- Carbon has two stable, naturally occurring isotopes: carbon-12 (12C) and carbon-13 (13C), at relative abundances of approximately 98.9 percent ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 22:12, 25 November 2023
- The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged between the biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the ...17 KB (2,593 words) - 23:46, 20 April 2023
- Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound that is found as a gas in the Earth's atmosphere. It consists of simple molecules, each of which has ...34 KB (5,140 words) - 19:07, 26 November 2023
- Carbon monoxide, with the chemical formula CO, is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas. It is the product of the incomplete combustion of ...20 KB (2,871 words) - 19:08, 26 November 2023
- Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are allotropes of carbon with molecular structures that are tubular in shape, having diameters on the order of a few ...62 KB (8,806 words) - 19:09, 26 November 2023
- Carbon black is a material produced by the incomplete combustion of heavy petroleum products such as FCC tar, coal tar, ethylene cracking tar ...7 KB (1,036 words) - 22:13, 25 November 2023
- Activated carbon (also called active carbon, activated charcoal, or activated coal) is a form of carbon that has been processed to make it extremely ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 05:41, 15 June 2023
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- Carbon black is a material produced by the incomplete combustion of heavy petroleum products such as FCC tar, coal tar, ethylene cracking tar ...7 KB (1,036 words) - 22:13, 25 November 2023
- A hydrocarbon is any chemical compound that is constituted of just the elements carbon (C) and hydrogen (H). Each hydrocarbon molecule consists ...8 KB (1,193 words) - 13:34, 17 May 2021
- If a chemical element can exist in two or more different forms, the forms are known as allotropes of the element, and this type of behavior is ...5 KB (685 words) - 08:09, 23 July 2023
- Deoxyribose, also known as D-Deoxyribose and 2-deoxyribose, is a pentose sugar (monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms) that is a key component ...7 KB (1,045 words) - 05:24, 25 August 2020
- Ribose, primarily seen as D-ribose, is a water-soluable, pentose sugar (monosaccharide with five carbon atoms) that is an important component ...7 KB (1,027 words) - 09:19, 10 August 2022
- The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged between the biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the ...17 KB (2,593 words) - 23:46, 20 April 2023
- Category:Public Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the structures, properties, and methods of syntheses of chemical compounds that are ...8 KB (1,161 words) - 01:13, 18 November 2022
- Redox (shorthand for reduction/oxidation reaction) describes all chemical reactions in which atoms have their oxidation number (oxidation state ...12 KB (1,809 words) - 02:49, 8 December 2022
- Smoke is the airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases evolved when a material undergoes pyrolysis or combustion, together with the quantity ...7 KB (1,034 words) - 21:19, 30 January 2023
- An aldehyde is an organic compound containing a terminal carbonyl group. This functional group, called an aldehyde group, consists of a carbon ...11 KB (1,651 words) - 05:09, 17 June 2023
- twelfth the mass of a single atom of the carbon-12 isotope. ... to one-twelfth the mass of an atom of carbon-12. Because an element in ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 06:26, 21 August 2023
- Biomass, as a renewable energy source, refers to biological material that can be used as fuel or for industrial production. It includes plant ...14 KB (1,875 words) - 17:55, 31 October 2023
- A nonmetal is a chemical element with several properties that are opposite those of a metal. Based on their properties, the elements of the periodic ...6 KB (785 words) - 02:40, 16 November 2022
- Carbon has two stable, naturally occurring isotopes: carbon-12 (12C) and carbon-13 (13C), at relative abundances of approximately 98.9 percent ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 22:12, 25 November 2023
- A supercritical fluid is any substance at a temperature and pressure above its thermodynamic critical point. It has the unique ability to diffuse ...14 KB (2,010 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- Butane, also called n-butane (normal butane), is an unbranched alkane with four carbon atoms in each molecule. Its molecular formula may be written ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 18:43, 23 November 2023
- In organic chemistry, an alkene, olefin, or olefine is an unsaturated chemical compound containing at least one carbon-to-carbon double bond ...13 KB (1,908 words) - 22:30, 4 January 2023
- Fatty acids are a class of compounds containing a long hydrocarbon chain and a terminal carboxylate group (-COOH). They have the general structure ...16 KB (2,372 words) - 01:39, 26 March 2024
- A covalent bond is a type of chemical bond characterized by the sharing of a pair of electrons between two atoms. In general, a chemical bond ...15 KB (2,401 words) - 06:13, 11 January 2024
- Graphite is one of the two common but distinctively different forms or allotropes of carbon, the other being diamond. Graphite holds the distinction ...13 KB (1,840 words) - 19:59, 19 September 2021
