carbon
碳,碳素,碳元素,碳纤维
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- : Chemistry. a widely distributed element that forms organic compounds in combination with hydrogen, oxygen, etc., and that occurs in a pure state as diamond and graphite, and in an impure state as charcoal. Symbol: C; atomic weight: 12.011; atomic number: 6; specific gravity: 3.51 at 20°C; 2.26 at 20°C.
- : carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds that are emitted into the atmosphere and cause rising temperatures: the carbon produced by burning fossil fuels.
- : carbon copy.
- : a sheet of carbon paper.
- : Electricity. the carbon rod through which current is conducted between the electrode holder and the arc in carbon arc lighting or welding.the rod or plate, composed in part of carbon, used in batteries.
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- : pertaining to or noting the element carbon or any of its compounds, especially carbon dioxide: to reduce carbon emissions.
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This month, Elon Musk donated $100 million toward a prize for carbon-capture ideas.
The RS model has a five-layer, carbon-reinforced plastic top, which Audi says is a first for the segment.
The fashion industry is notoriously wasteful, accounting for 10 percent of global carbon emissions and putting as much as nine million tons of textiles in landfills each year.
Although unconnected, the moves show that despite a general drop in spending because of the pandemic, some energy companies are willing to invest heavily to get big low-carbon projects moving ahead of their competitors.
China, the world’s largest emitter, has promised to reach zero net carbon emissions by 2060.
It reacts very readily with oxygen by burning smokelessly, with carbon dioxide and water as its byproducts.
Methane (chemical formula CH4) is one of the simplest hydrocarbons, which literally means “containing hydrogen and carbon.”
Al Gore, however, sold his Current TV channel to Al Jazeera, which is funded by the royal family of famously carbon neutral Qatar.
Other psychiatrists attempted to treat schizophrenia with carbon dioxide gas and artificially-induced comas.
And “stinking rich” is the smell of zero carbon emissions at eco-friendly tech company campuses.
What are a few paltry, lumps of crystallised compared to a galaxy of a million million suns?