When you burn carbon, you are releasing the gas carbon dioxide. Carbon is a very important element in the Earth's atmosphere, and it is responsible for a lot of the planet's heat.
The factory released a lot of carbon into the atmosphere when they burned the coal.
The plant uses carbon to create energy, and they release the gas carbon dioxide when they do this.
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a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper
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a copy made with carbon paper
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an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
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Carbon dioxide is the dominant gas in the atmosphere.
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Carbon monoxide is preferred as the gas for the plasma atmosphere.
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The primary coolant in the reactors is carbon dioxide gas.
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The enzyme is effective for the conversion of carbon monoxide in a gas stream.
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As the solid carbon dioxide warms inside a bottle, it sublimates to a gas.
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Kerosene lamps spew black carbon, should be replaced, study says.
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The oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide.
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An example is the nuclear transmutation of carbon 12 to carbon 13.
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Carbon dioxide is incombustible.
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The carbon is at the junction of the lines.