{"id":36,"date":"2026-02-03T16:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dmsctewoodka.webhostingforstudents.com\/wp\/?p=36"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:47:13","slug":"carbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dmsctewoodka.webhostingforstudents.com\/wp\/2026\/02\/03\/carbon\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter has-border-color has-contrast-border-color\" style=\"border-width:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"308\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-37 size-full\" alt=\"This is Bituminous Coal\" src=\"http:\/\/dmsctewoodka.webhostingforstudents.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bituminous-coal.webp\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dmsctewoodka.webhostingforstudents.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bituminous-coal.webp 360w, http:\/\/dmsctewoodka.webhostingforstudents.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bituminous-coal-300x257.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Bituminous coal is a high-energy, mid-rank fossil fuel (45%\u201386% carbon) formed over 100\u2013300 million years. Known as &#8220;black coal,&#8221; it is a hard, dense sedimentary rock used primarily for electricity generation and steel production, with high carbon content and significant volatile matter. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The History of Carbon:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The word &#8220;Carbon&#8221; comes from the Latin word &#8220;carbo&#8221;, meaning\u00a0coal. Carbon has been known since the prehistoric times in different forms including soot and charcoal. Lavoisier in 1772, demonstrated that\u00a0diamond\u00a0is a form of carbon, just like coal. \u00a0The same was true for graphite, discovered in 1779 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele. Carbon is said to have several allotropic forms. It is also at the origin of inorganic compound elements such as\u00a0carbon dioxide\u00a0and\u00a0methane, or even certain polymers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Atomic #<\/td><td>6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic Mass<\/td><td>12.011<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Melting Point<\/td><td>around\u00a03550 \u00b0C (6420 \u00b0F)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Boiling Point<\/td><td>around\u00a04827 \u00b0C (8721 \u00b0F)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Density<\/td><td>typically 1.8\u20132.1 g\/cm\u00b3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Carbon is Used<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Carbon is the foundational element of life, usually used\u00a0as a fuel source (coal, oil, natural gas), in structural materials (steel, graphite, carbon fiber), and in chemical compounds (plastics, polymers). It appears in pure forms like diamond (abrasives, jewelry) and graphite (pencils, lubricants, electrodes).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The History of Carbon: The word &#8220;Carbon&#8221; comes from the Latin word &#8220;carbo&#8221;, meaning\u00a0coal. Carbon has been known since the prehistoric times in different forms including soot and charcoal. Lavoisier in 1772, demonstrated that\u00a0diamond\u00a0is a form of carbon, just like coal. \u00a0The same was true for graphite, discovered in 1779 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele. 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