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Carbon


 

:Alternative meaning: Carbon (API)

Precautions

Carbon is relatively safe. Inhalation of fine soot in large quantities can be dangerous. Carbon may catch fire at very high temperatures and burn vigorously (as in the Windscale fire).

Related Topics:
Soot - Windscale fire

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There are a tremendous number of carbon compounds; some are lethally poisonous (cyanide, CN-), and some are essential to life (dextrose).

Related Topics:
Cyanide - Dextrose

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~ Table of Content ~

Introduction
Notable characteristics
Applications
History
Allotropes
Occurrence
Organic compounds
Carbon cycle
Isotopes
Precautions
References
See also
External links

 

 

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