Carbon The Black, the Gray and the Transparent /

• Main Author: Gupta, Tapan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Engineering-Materials.; Inorganic chemistry.; Ceramics.; Glass.; Composites (Materials).; Composite materials.; Materials science.; Fossil fuels.; Energy efficiency.; Materials Engineering.; Inorganic Chemistry.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture).; Energy Efficiency.

All living things contain carbon in some form, as it is the primary component of macromolecules including proteins, lipids, nucleic acids (RNA and DNA), and carbohydrates. As a matter of fact, it is the backbone of all organic (chemistry) compounds forming different kinds of bonds. Carbon: The Black...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Carbon, the Black, the Gray and the Transparent
• 2. Historical Production and Use of Carbon Materials----The Activated Carbon
• 3. Historical Production and Use of Carbon Materials- (Carbon Composites)
• 4. Historical Production and Use of Carbon Materials-(polymers)
• 5. Coal, the Black Carbon
• 6. Carbon, the Gray (Graphite)
• 7. (Graphene)
• 8. (Carbon Nanotubes, CNTs)
• 9. The Transparent Carbon---the Diamond
• 10. Fullerenes.