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bituminous coal
fullerene
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Hope diamond
carbon cycle
Keeling Curve
Iron-carbon equilibrium diagram.
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Figure 1: A schematic representation of the biogeochemical cycle of carbon.
Why is carbon called the element of life?
What is graphene?
How to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
Understand the carbon and oxygen cycles in the atmosphere
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August Kekule von Stradonitz
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Sir Harold W. Kroto
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Robert Curl
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John Ulric Nef
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Barkla, Charles Glover
Charles Glover Barkla
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Archibald Scott Couper
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