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  2. Carbon - Wikipedia

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    Carbon (from Latin carbo 'coal') is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6. ... Structural formula of methane, the simplest possible organic compound.

  3. Atomic carbon - Wikipedia

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    Atomic carbon, systematically named carbon and λ0-methane, is a colourless gaseous inorganic chemical with the chemical formula C (also written [C]). It is kinetically unstable at ambient temperature and pressure, being removed through autopolymerisation. Atomic carbon is the simplest of the allotropes of carbon, and is also the progenitor of ...

  4. Carbon compounds - Wikipedia

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    Carbon compounds are defined as chemical substances containing carbon. [1][2] More compounds of carbon exist than any other chemical element except for hydrogen. Organic carbon compounds are far more numerous than inorganic carbon compounds. In general bonds of carbon with other elements are covalent bonds. Carbon is tetravalent but carbon free ...

  5. Carbon–carbon bond - Wikipedia

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    A carboncarbon bond is a covalent bond between two carbon atoms. [1] The most common form is the single bond: a bond composed of two electrons, one from each of the two atoms. The carboncarbon single bond is a sigma bond and is formed between one hybridized orbital from each of the carbon atoms. In ethane, the orbitals are sp 3 ...

  6. Equivalent carbon content - Wikipedia

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    The carbon equivalent is a measure of the tendency of the weld to form martensite on cooling and to suffer brittle fracture. When the carbon equivalent is between 0.40 and 0.60 weld preheat may be necessary. When the carbon equivalent is above 0.60, preheat is necessary, postheat may be necessary. The following carbon equivalent formula is used ...

  7. Chemical formula - Wikipedia

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    The Hill system (or Hill notation) is a system of writing empirical chemical formulae, molecular chemical formulae and components of a condensed formula such that the number of carbon atoms in a molecule is indicated first, the number of hydrogen atoms next, and then the number of all other chemical elements subsequently, in alphabetical order ...

  8. Isotopes of carbon - Wikipedia

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    Carbon-11. is a radioactive isotope of carbon that decays to boron-11. This decay mainly occurs due to positron emission, with around 0.19–0.23% of decays instead occurring by electron capture. [6][7] It has a half-life of 20.3402 (53) min. It is produced from nitrogen in a cyclotron by the reaction.

  9. Carbon–hydrogen bond - Wikipedia

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    Carbon–hydrogen bond. In chemistry, the carbon–hydrogen bond (C−H bond) is a chemical bond between carbon and hydrogen atoms that can be found in many organic compounds. [1] This bond is a covalent, single bond, meaning that carbon shares its outer valence electrons with up to four hydrogens. This completes both of their outer shells ...