Carbon is one of the most commonly used element on the planet, not only by humans but by all of the multi-cellular organisms, both plant and animal. Carbon is mostly seen in the form of CO2 or Carbon Dioxide. Because Carbon has four electrons it can bond with four other elements so it can be used in numerous compounds. Carbon has an atomic mass of 12 and is an extremely important element because it is used to measure all the atomic masses of all the other elements. Carbon is not only used by us as a gas that we exhale, but it is also one of the elements that make up our entire body, we are all made out of carbon. But, the most interesting fact of all is that carbon, in the form of amorphous carbon, is used in gas masks. air enters through one area, toxins are traped inside, and the pure are enters the mask.
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