(chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of carbon fiber

A very strong filament made by the pyrolysis of a synthetic fiber such as rayon. / A cloth or felt made from these fibers.

food-grade carbon black

(chemistry) potassium bicarbonate

(inorganic chemistry, countable) Synonym of bicarbonate / (inorganic chemistry, uncountable) carbonic acid

(chemistry) Any carbenium ion in which the positive charge is distributed amongst two or more carbon atoms, and the structure is best represented by one in which a hydrogen atom, or hydrocarbon residue, bridges these carbon atoms.

(chemistry) any cation containing an excess positive charge on one or more carbon atoms

(physics, astronomy) the nucleosynthesis process, in stars of greater than 8 solar mass that have exhausted their helium supply, in which carbon is converted to neon, sodium, magnesium and other elements

(physics, astronomy) A group of nuclear reactions, that involve the interaction of protons with carbon, nitrogen and oxygen nuclei, thought to be the main source of energy in main-sequence stars of greater than 1.4 solar mass.

To turn something to carbon, especially by heating it; to scorch or blacken. / (chemistry) To react something with carbon.