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Aluminium vs Carbon - What's the difference?

aluminium | carbon |

As nouns the difference between aluminium and carbon

is that aluminium is a light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13 while carbon is the chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6.

aluminium

English

Alternative forms

* aluminum (qualifier) (see below)

Noun

(-) (wikipedia aluminium)
  • A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
  • Usage notes

    * For information on the origins of the two spellings, see .

    Synonyms

    * alumium (obsolete) * when used as a food colouring

    Derived terms

    * aluminic * aluminiferous * aluminio-, alumino- * * aluminium arsenide, aluminum arsenide * aluminium borate, aluminum borate * aluminium boron oxide, aluminum boron oxide * aluminium brass, aluminum brass * aluminium bromide, aluminum bromide * aluminium bronze, aluminum bronze * aluminium caesium tetrachloride * aluminium carbide, aluminum carbide * aluminium chloride, aluminum chloride * aluminium chloride fluoride, aluminum chloride fluoride * aluminium chloride oxide, aluminum chloride oxide * aluminium chlorohydrate, aluminum chlorohydrate * aluminium difluoride, aluminum difluoride * aluminium difluoride oxide, aluminum difluoride oxide * aluminium foil, aluminum foil * aluminium fluoride, aluminum fluoride * aluminium gallium arsenide, aluminum gallium arsenide * aluminium-gallium-indium phosphide, aluminum-gallium-indium phosphide * aluminium gallium nitride, aluminum gallium nitride * aluminium hydride, aluminum hydride * aluminium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide * aluminium iodide, aluminum iodide * aluminium isopropoxide, aluminum isopropoxide * aluminium monobromide, aluminum monobromide * aluminium monochloride, aluminum monochloride * aluminium monofluoride, aluminum monofluoride * aluminium monofluoride monoxide * aluminium monoiodide, aluminum monoiodide * aluminium monophosphide, aluminum monophosphide * aluminium monostearate, aluminum monostearate * aluminium monotelluride, aluminum monotelluride * aluminium monoxide, aluminum monoxide * aluminium nitrate, aluminum nitrate * aluminium nitride, aluminum nitride * aluminium oxide, aluminum oxide * aluminium oxide hydroxide, aluminum oxide hydroxide * aluminium oxynitride, aluminum oxynitride * aluminium phosphide, aluminum phosphide * aluminium rubidium tetrachloride, aluminum rubidium tetrachloride * aluminium silicon monoxide, aluminum silicon monoxide * aluminium suboxide, aluminum suboxide * aluminium silicate, aluminum silicate * aluminium sulphate, aluminum sulfate * aluminium sulphate hexadecahydrate, aluminum sulfate hexadecahydrate * aluminium sulphide, aluminum sulfide * aluminium tribromide, aluminum tribromide * aluminium trichloride, aluminum trichloride * aluminium trifluoride, aluminum trifluoride * aluminium triiodide, aluminum triiodide * alundum * beryllium aluminium oxide, beryllium aluminum oxide * dialuminium, dialuminum * diethylaluminium chloride, diethylaluminum chloride * diisobutylaluminium hydride, diisobutylaluminum hydride * duralumin * eka-aluminium, ekaaluminum * ferro-aluminium, ferro-aluminum * lithium aluminium hydride, lithium aluminum hydride * magnalium * magnesium aluminium oxide, magnesium aluminum oxide * magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate * monoaluminium, monoaluminum * potassium aluminium chloride, potassium aluminum chloride * potassium aluminium sulphate, potassium aluminum sulfate * rubidium aluminium sulphate-dodecahydrate, rubidium aluminum sulfate-dodecahydrate * sodium aluminium fluoride, sodium aluminum fluoride * triethylaluminium, triethylaluminum * trimethylaluminium, trimethyl aluminium * yttrium aluminium garnet, yttrium aluminum garnet

    See also

    * andalusite * bauxite * Birmabright® * chiolite * cobalt blue * corundum * cryolite * emery * mullite * romanium * ruby * sapphire

    References

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    carbon

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia carbon)
  • (label) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6.
  • A sheet of carbon paper.
  • * 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), (The Big Sleep) , Penguin 2011, p. 51:
  • He stepped back and opened his bag and took out a printed pad of D.O.A. forms and began to write over a carbon .
  • A carbon copy.
  • A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
  • Carbon dioxide, in the context of global warming and climate change.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-25, author= Martin Lukacs
  • , volume=190, issue=20, page=13, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Canada becoming launch-pad of a global tar sands and oil shale frenzy , passage=If Alberta’s reserves are a carbon bomb, this global expansion of tar sands and oil shale exploitation amounts to an escalating emissions arms race, the unlocking of a subterranean cache of weapons of mass ecological destruction.}}

    Derived terms

    * activated carbon * beta carbon nitride * carb-, carbo- * carbinol * carbinyl * * * * carbon anhydride * carbon arc * carbon audit * carbon-based * carbon bisulfide, carbon bisulphide * carbon black * carbon copy * carbon-copy * carbon cycle * carbon dating * carbon debt * carbon dioxide * carbon disulfide, carbon disulphide * carbon emissions trading * carbon fiber, carbon fibre * carbon fixation * carbon footprint * carbon group * carbonic * carbonise, carbonize * carbonite * carbonless * carbon literacy * carbon market * carbon microphone * carbon monoxide * carbon nanofiber * carbon nanofoam * carbon nanotube * carbon-neutral * carbon-nitrogen cycle * carbon offset * carbonometer * carbonous * carbon oxide * carbon oxychloride * carbon oxysulfide, carbon oxysulphide * carbon paper * carbon printing * carbon process * carbon resistor * carbon sequestering * carbon star * carbon steel * carbon suboxide * carbon tax * carbon tetrabromide * carbon tetrachloride * carbon tetrafluoride * carbon tetraiodide * carbon trade * carbon transmitter * carbonyl * Carborundum * carboxyl * carburet * chlorocarbon * chlorofluorocarbon * chromo-carbon * ferrocarbon * fluorocarbon * fluorochlorohydrocarbon * glassy carbon * halocarbon * hydrocarbon * sulfide of carbon, sulphide of carbon * radiocarbon

    See also

    (carbon related terms) * aggregated diamond nanorod * amorphous carbon * buckminsterfullerene * ceraphite * chaoite * charcoal * coal * diamond * fullerene * graphite * lamp black * lead * lonsdaleite * soot * steel ----