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Definition of carbon
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Carbon
(n.) 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 t
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Paraffine
::
Paraffine
(n.) A white waxy
substance,
resembling
spermaceti,
tasteless
and
odorless,
and
obtained
from coal tar, wood tar,
petroleum,
etc., by
distillation.
It is used as an
illuminant
and
lubricant.
It is very
inert,
not being acted upon by most of the
strong
chemical
reagents.
It was
formerly
regarded
as a
definite
compound,
but is now known to be a
complex
mixture
of
several
higher
hydrocarbons
of the
methane
or
marsh-gas
series;
hence,
by
extension,
any
substance,
whether
solid,
liquid,
or
Tridecatylene
::
Tridecatylene
(n.) A
hydrocarbon,
C13H26,
of the
ethylene
series,
corresponding
to
tridecane,
and
obtained
from
Burmah
petroleum
as a light
colorless
liquid;
--
called
also
tridecylene,
and
tridecene..
Tetradecane
::
Tetradecane
(n.) A light oily
hydrocarbon,
C14H30,
of the
marsh-gas
series;
-- so
called
from the
fourteen
carbon
atoms in the
molecule..
Natron
::
Natron
(n.)
Native
sodium
carbonate.
Gaylussite
::
Gaylussite
(n.) A
yellowish
white,
translucent
mineral,
consisting
of the
carbonates
of lime and soda, with
water..
Methane
::
Methane
(n.) A
light,
colorless,
gaseous,
inflammable
hydrocarbon,
CH4; marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas..
Cancrinite
::
Cancrinite
(n.) A
mineral
occurring
in
hexagonal
crystals,
also
massive,
generally
of a
yellow
color,
containing
silica,
alumina,
lime, soda, and
carbon
dioxide..
Graphite
::
Graphite
(n.)
Native
carbon
in
hexagonal
crystals,
also
foliated
or
granular
massive,
of black color and
metallic
luster,
and so soft as to leave a trace on
paper.
It is used for
pencils
(improperly
called
lead
pencils),
for
crucibles,
and as a
lubricator,
etc. Often
called
plumbago
or black
lead..
Propidene
::
Propidene
(n.) The
unsymmetrical
hypothetical
hydrocarbon
radical,
CH3.CH2.CH,
analogous
to
ethylidene,
and
regarded
as the type of
certain
derivatives
of
propane;
--
called
also
propylidene..
Putty
::
Putty (n.) A kind of thick paste or
cement
compounded
of
whiting,
or soft
carbonate
of lime, and
linseed
oil, when
applied
beaten
or
kneaded
to the
consistence
of
dough,
-- used in
fastening
glass in
sashes,
stopping
crevices,
and for
similar
purposes..
Carburize
::
Carburize
(v. t.) To
combine
with
carbon
or a
carbon
compound;
-- said esp. of a
process
for
conferring
a
higher
degree
of
illuminating
power on
combustible
gases by
mingling
them with a vapor of
volatile
hydrocarbons.
Cast Iron
::
Cast iron ()
Highly
carbonized
iron, the
direct
product
of the blast
furnace;
-- used for
making
castings,
and for
conversion
into
wrought
iron and
steel.
It can not be
welded
or
forged,
is
brittle,
and
sometimes
very hard.
Besides
carbon,
it
contains
sulphur,
phosphorus,
silica,
etc..
Productus
::
Productus
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
brachiopods,
very
characteristic
of the
Carboniferous
rocks..
Breath
::
Breath
(n.) The air
inhaled
and
exhaled
in
respiration;
air
which,
in the
process
of
respiration,
has
parted
with
oxygen
and has
received
carbonic
acid,
aqueous
vapor,
warmth,
etc..
Pentamethylene
::
Pentamethylene
(n.) A
hypothetical
hydrocarbon,
C5H10,
metameric
with the
amylenes,
and the
nucleus
of a large
number
of
derivatives;
-- so named
because
regarded
as
composed
of five
methylene
residues.
Cf.
Trimethylene,
and
Tetramethylene..
Carburetor
::
Carburetor
(n.) An
apparatus
in which coal gas,
hydrogen,
or air is
passed
through
or over a
volatile
hydrocarbon,
in order to
confer
or
increase
illuminating
power..
Etherin
::
Etherin
(n.) A
white,
crystalline
hydrocarbon,
regarded
as a
polymeric
variety
of
ethylene,
obtained
in heavy oil of wine, the
residue
left after
making
ether;
--
formerly
called
also
concrete
oil of
wine..
Octonaphthene
::
Octonaphthene
(n.) A
colorless
liquid
hydrocarbon
of the
octylene
series,
occurring
in
Caucasian
petroleum..
Thallene
::
Thallene
(n.) A
hydrocarbon
obtained
from
coal-tar
residues,
and
remarkable
for its
intense
yellowish
green
fluorescence..
Hydrocarbon
::
Hydrocarbon
(n.) A
compound
containing
only
hydrogen
and
carbon,
as
methane,
benzene,
etc.; also, by
extension,
any of their
derivatives..
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