Carbon Element, Carbon Footprints & More

Smokestack - Public Domain by Morguefile Carbon is element number six in the periodic table. Though small in size, it is not of little importance. It is the element of life, it being one of the atoms that readily links to itself, making millions of compounds containing carbon possible. It takes a variety of forms in nature, including graphite, charcoal, buckyballs, and diamond. Carbon is used to harden steels. Carbon is found in both fossil fuels—coal and oil. It is found in the important greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, now implicated in global warming. The newly discovered graphene form of carbon displays unusual optical and electrical properties and is also of special interest for certain anomalous quantum effects. Read and learn more about this fascinating substance in articles by Bright Hub contributors.

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Carburizing Techniques: What Is Carburization?

Carburizing has been in use for a long time. However, the carburizing process has evolved with advancements in heat treatment techniques that have improved the hardness and durability of products like...

Understanding the Global Carbon Cycle

Carbon is one of the most plenteous elements found on earth and is essential for all life. The carbon cycle consists of biogeochemical progressions in which the carbon is subjected to chemical reactions...

How to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Power Plants

Fossil fuel power plants are the largest contributors of man made Carbon Dioxide (CO2). How do we reduce power plant CO2 emissions? Answers to this and more are in this article....

What is Oil Use per Day in the US?

The abundance of the amount of oil used on a daily basis is phenomenal and it keeps continuing to go up. With the rise in population and the increase in the demand of oil, within a few decades, we could...

How Dry Cell Batteries Generate Electricity

Normally a dry cell is also referred to as a Zinc-Carbon Leclanche cell. It is an easily portable, compact, and modified form of Leclanche cell capable of producing an EMF of 1.5 V with a very small internal...

Carburizing Techniques: What Is Carburization?

Carburizing has been in use for a long time. However, the carburizing process has evolved with advancements in heat treatment techniques that have improved the hardness and durability...

How Carbon Credits Can Protect Our Environment

In terms of how humans affect our environment global climate change is the biggest issue that must be addressed. Carbon credits are one way to deal with this. How do carbon credits...