Application of Carbon In Daily Life

There are so many thing that applied carbon in our daily life. The most closure to us is pencil. Carbon is used in pencil lead.
 

If you are wearing a diamond ring that is also carbon.

Also graphite powder is used as a lubricant.

Carbon as a semiconducting material is used in electrical resistors, and spark plug wires. Carbon is added (in specific quantities) to steel to give it a desired hardness.

• Carbon is used as a base for the ink in inkjet printers.

• Carbon, in the form of carbon dioxide, is used in the manufacture of many fizzy and carbonated drinks. It is also used in fire extinguishers.

• Dry ice, which is the solid form of carbon dioxide, is used as a cooling agent.

• Freon, is used in cooling systems and devices like refrigerators and air conditioners.

• Carbon is also used to manufacture many heat resistant devices and tools and metal cutters.

• It is used as a decorative tool in many jewelry items.

• Carbon monoxide, extracted through metallurgical process, is used as a reducing agent to obtain many elements and compounds.

• Vegetal carbon, which is an amorphous form of carbon, is utilized as a bleaching agent and a gas absorbent.

• Carbon is used in the rim of automobiles as a black fume pigment.

• Calcium carbide is used as a welding agent for cutting metals, in the preparation of acetylene and other organic compounds.