carbon compound
1Carbon fixation — is a process found in autotrophs (organisms that produce their own food), usually driven by photosynthesis, whereby carbon dioxide is changed into organic materials. Carbon fixation can also be carried out by the process of calcification in… …
2carbon monoxide — noun Date: 1869 a colorless odorless very toxic gas CO that is formed as a product of the incomplete combustion of carbon or a carbon compound …
3Carbon monofluoride — (CF, CFx, or (CF)x), also called polycarbon monofluoride, polycarbon fluoride, poly(carbon monofluoride), and graphite fluoride, is a material formed by high temperature reaction of fluorine gas with graphite, charcoal, or pyrolytic carbon powder …
4Carbon tetrachloride — IUPAC name …
5Carbon compounds — Compound Com pound, n. 1. That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition. Shak. [1913 Webster] Rare compound of oddity, frolic,… …
6Carbon diselenide — Carbon diselenide …
7Compound armour — was a type of armour used on warships in the 1880s. By the end of the decade it had been rendered obsolete by nickel steel armour. Prior armours Prior to the 1880s, all naval armour plating was made from uniform homogeneous wrought iron plates on …
8Compound — Com pound, n. 1. That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition. Shak. [1913 Webster] Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun.… …
9Carbon dioxide — Carbon dioxide …
10Carbon monoxide detector — connected to a North American power outlet A carbon monoxide detector or CO detector is a device that detects the presence of the carbon monoxide (CO) gas in order to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning. CO is a colorless and odorless compound… …
