Carbon,

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Carbon,

• Anyone?

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Reactions

• Organic compounds
• Carbon oxygen ? carbon dioxide gas
• Carbon dioxide gas water ? glucose
• gasoline e.g. propane
• Carbon Carbon
• Graphite
• Diamond
• Buckminsterfullerene

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Why buy carbon?

• Carbon has been around since prehistoric times.
• Carbon is the basis of all life as it is a part
  of DNA.
• It is used in steel making, sugar refining, and
  printing.
• It is relatively cheap.

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Niblets of Carbon

• The human body contains about 16 kilograms of
  carbon in one form or another.
• It is important environmentally as carbon
  dioxide it makes up part of the atmosphere, and
  plants use it as they grow.
• It is known as the king of the elements.

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• In 1985 the fullerenes were discovered.
• Buckminsterfullerenes consisted of footballs
  of carbon atoms.

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Some Uses of Carbon

• graphite, in pencils

• propane gas

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More Carbon

• gemstones, e.g. diamonds

• gasoline

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Even More Carbon

• medicines

• sugar

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SO

• whether you are craving that chocolate chip
  cookie while you do your math homework, or you
  need to get rid of that cold before the annual
  summer barbecue

• Carbon is the element you need.
• BUY ME!!!