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Carbon may refer to:

Chemical element

• Carbon, the chemical element
• Carbon black, a filler often used to improve the properties of rubber or plastic compounds
• Carbon chauvinism, a term meant to disparage the assumption that the molecules responsible for the mechanisms of life must be based on carbon
• Carbon dioxide equivalent, a greenhouse gas measurement
• Carbon fiber, can refer to carbon filament thread, or to felt or woven cloth made from those carbon filaments

Journals

• Carbon (journal)
• Carbon Balance and Management

Computers and electronics

• Carbon (API), an application programming interface for Mac OS X
• Need for Speed: Carbon, a computer racing game developed by Electronic Arts
• Rio Carbon, a product line of digital audio players

Places

Canada:

• Carbon, Alberta, a village in Kneehill County

United States:

• Carbon, California, a former settlement in Mendocino County
• Carbon, Indiana, a town in Clay County
• Carbon, Iowa, a city in Adams County
• Carbon, Texas, a town in Eastland County
• Carbon County, Pennsylvania
• Carbon County, Utah

Other uses

• Altered Carbon, a hardboiled science fiction novel by Richard Morgan
• Carbon Nation, a fossil fuel and energy technology documentary by Peter Byck
• Carbon (Electronic Sports Team), also known as Team Carbon, a professional video gaming team
• Carbon 15, a family of lightweight, magazine-fed pistols, carbines, and rifles developed by USA weapons manufacturer Bushmaster Firearms
• Carbon Motors Corporation, an American automotive corporation

See also

• Carbonation
• Carboniferous, a geologic timescale

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