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Carbon / by Jane P. Gardner.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Chemistry of everyday elementsPublisher: Broomall, PA : Mason Crest, [2017]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781422238394 (hardback)
  • 1422238393 (hardback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Discovery and history -- Chemical properties -- Carbon and you -- Carbon combines -- Carbon in our world.
Summary: The charcoal from last night's barbecue is clearly made of carbon. But so are you, in many ways. And so is just about every life-form on Earth. Inside, read about one of the most important elements in our world. Learn how carbon, being key in the issue of climate change, impacts just about every part of our lives and planet. Carbon is in what we eat, but it's also in products that enrich our lives--everything from bicycle parts to car tires to plastics of every kind.
Holdings
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Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 547 G227 Available 33111008855351
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Discovery and history -- Chemical properties -- Carbon and you -- Carbon combines -- Carbon in our world.

The charcoal from last night's barbecue is clearly made of carbon. But so are you, in many ways. And so is just about every life-form on Earth. Inside, read about one of the most important elements in our world. Learn how carbon, being key in the issue of climate change, impacts just about every part of our lives and planet. Carbon is in what we eat, but it's also in products that enrich our lives--everything from bicycle parts to car tires to plastics of every kind.

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