carbon black
A fine black powder of amorphous carbon manufactured by the incomplete combustion of…A fine black powder of amorphous carbon manufactured by the incomplete combustion of natural gas or oil, and used as a pigment in the manufacture of ink and paint. Used as a filler in rubber and rubber-like polymers, it helps prevent deterioration by ultraviolet rays.
» Paper is white; carbon is black.
Бумага белая, уголь чёрный.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A fine black powder of amorphous carbon manufactured by the incomplete combustion of natural gas or oil, and used as a pigment in the manufacture of ink and paint. Used as a filler in rubber and rubber-like polymers, it helps prevent deterioration by ultraviolet rays.
технический углеродtexničeskij uglerod
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
Examples
3 sentencesPaper is white; carbon is black.
ruБумага белая, уголь чёрный. — marafon
Paper is white, carbon is black.
ruБумага белая, а уголь чёрный. — odexed
The color of pure elemental carbon is black, and that is why most recipes for ink use ingredients containing carbon.
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