Interesting Facts

Labeled on the periodic table with the symbol C, carbon is the basis of organic chemistry as we know it, it is found in all living things. Here are some other interesting carbon facts you may not know:

About 20% of the weight of living organisms is carbon.
Carbon is a nonmetal that can bond with itself and many other chemical elements, forming nearly ten million compounds.
Elemental carbon can take the form of one of the hardest substances (diamond) or one of the softest (graphite).

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CARBON SLOGANS

Carbon Slogans Generator

Diamond due to Carbon

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² Carbon, everywhere in the universe

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³ Carbon: Softest & Hardest

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⁴ I am a free in nature, the third letter in the alphabet and my dial 6 to locate me.

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⁵ Ole King Carbon is a merry old soul, Makes mountains of molecules by the mole

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⁶ Carbon mixes with 2 oxygens to form carbon dioxide, but when you mix carbon with one oxygen you form carbon monoxide.

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Carbon the back bone of life!

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⁸ Carbon: it is the Basis.

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⁹ Carbon: It's mostly organic!

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¹⁰ This is a carbon footprint everyone wants

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Quotes on Carbon from Scientists
Here are some quotes on carbon science from famous scientists:

"Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties." -Sir James Jeans
"Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds. Biochemistry is the study of carbon compounds that crawl." -Mike Adams
"The carbon output that melts the ice in the Arctic also causes ocean acidification, which results from the ocean absorbing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (the same carbon dioxide that is the primary cause of global warming, hence the nickname (“the other carbon problem”)" -Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
"We cannot hope to either understand or to manage the carbon in the atmosphere unless we understand and manage the trees and the soil too." -Freeman Dyson

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