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Where do compounds of carbon find their application in daily life?
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Carbon is one of the fundamental building blocks of molecules. It makes its way into your daily life in things you eat (carbohydrates (like sugar): Carbon, Oxygen, and Hydrogen), in fuel for your car (hydrocarbons (like gasoline): Carbon and Hydrogen), and on your paper, (printer ink cartridges: pure carbon).
Wood contains carbon in the form of cellulose.
Plastic contains carbon in long chains called polymers.
Steel contains carbon sandwiched between Iron molecules.
Graphite is PURE CARBON.
Diamonds are PURE CARBON (in a different crystalline structure than graphite).
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In what block would you find an element that forms millions of compounds would it be s p d or f?
P, the element is Carbon.
Why does carbon form so many more compounds than other elements?
1. It can form bonds with up to four other atoms;2. Its bond energy to other carbon atoms is not very much weaker than its bond energy with oxygen.For a much fuller discussion of why both these things are important, see "The One and Only" by Isaac Asimov. You can find it in the collection The Tragedy of the Moon. (Or, if you're lucky enough to have a copy of the November 1972 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, it's in there too.)
Why is it rare to find a 4 plus ion of carbon?
It is rare to find a 4 plus ion of carbon because of the increasing energy required to ionize carbon. Ionization energy increases with each time.
How do you find solubility of carbon dioxide in sodium hydroxide?
Carbon dioxide react with sodium hydroxide.
What is the Empirical formula for carbon dioxide?
Carbon dioxide! We give off carbon dioxide, plants give off oxygen. Its one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms.
Where are two place you find carbon?
you find carbon in 1.living organisms 2.in organic compounds like diamond,graphite,etc
In what block would you find an element that forms millions of compounds would it be s p d or f?
P, the element is Carbon.
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The general term hydrocarbons is applied to compounds containing carbon-hydrogen bonds (and only the elements hydrogen and carbon). The basic string starts like this: methane (CH4), ethane (C2H6), propane (C3H8), .... Check out the Wikipedia post on hydrocarbons. You'll find a link to their article below.
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Where can you find carbon from diamonds?
You can find carbon from diamonds in diamonds.
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