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Submitted by Anonymous on 24 February 2004 - 1:41am.

I'm doing research on the element called carbon.

But I can't find out who discovered carbon and in what year.

EDIT: I also need to find the cost of the element and where did the name come from.

Thanks to the person who answer my first question

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Carbon discovery

Submitted by Martin17 on 24 February 2004 - 9:47am.

Carbon is from latin carbo, carbonis 'a coal, charcoal'; fairly pure carbon is produced by the destructive distilation of wood (charcoal) and was observed by ancient humans before recorded history. Similarly, sulfur occurs in natural deposits around volcanic vents and was observed in the most ancient times.

If I recall coorectly, it was Lavoisier who burned a diamond and demonstrated that the resulting gas (CO2) was identical to burned charcoal and that diamond must also be a form of carbon. Diamonds were similarly observed from the earliest times.

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Submitted by Anonymous on 24 February 2004 - 8:54pm.

hehe, your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents discovered it. :)

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Re: Carbon discovery

Submitted by Anonymous on 25 February 2004 - 1:57am.

Martin17 wrote:
Carbon is from latin carbo, carbonis 'a coal, charcoal'; fairly pure carbon is produced by the destructive distilation of wood (charcoal) and was observed by ancient humans before recorded history. Similarly, sulfur occurs in natural deposits around volcanic vents and was observed in the most ancient times.

If I recall coorectly, it was Lavoisier who burned a diamond and demonstrated that the resulting gas (CO2) was identical to burned charcoal and that diamond must also be a form of carbon. Diamonds were similarly observed from the earliest times.

ur too detailed for me(too smart for me)

can u just say the two things i asked for?

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Submitted by Anonymous on 25 February 2004 - 2:02am.

lol, wow that was surprising. I'll translate for you.

It has been around so long that no one can remember who first discovered it. The year of its discovery is prehistoric. Meaning records weren't kept back then since there was no written language at the time.

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Submitted by Anonymous on 25 February 2004 - 3:03am.

UCB Mitch wrote:
lol, wow that was surprising. I'll translate for you.

It has been around so long that no one can remember who first discovered it. The year of its discovery is prehistoric. Meaning records weren't kept back then since there was no written language at the time.

I know that i just want the answer to be right for certain

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Submitted by Anonymous on 25 February 2004 - 11:31pm.

if you're too lazy to explain just post a website link if you want?

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Submitted by Anonymous on 26 February 2004 - 11:12am.

Don't know of any website pertaining to the fact that Carbon was discovered prehistorically. It should be obvious enough.

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Submitted by Anonymous on 26 February 2004 - 11:15am.

there is a brief-brief histroy of carbon on this site. If you looked.

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Submitted by Anonymous on 27 February 2004 - 1:36am.

I checked this site already
its like what you said (brief)

someone can delete this now
(spent almost half an hour looking for it, mostly cause some websites were lieing)

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Re: Carbon discovery

Submitted by Anonymous on 27 February 2004 - 10:34pm.

Martin17 wrote:
Carbon is from latin carbo, carbonis 'a coal, charcoal'; fairly pure carbon is produced by the destructive distilation of wood (charcoal) and was observed by ancient humans before recorded history. Similarly, sulfur occurs in natural deposits around volcanic vents and was observed in the most ancient times.

If I recall coorectly, it was Lavoisier who burned a diamond and demonstrated that the resulting gas (CO2) was identical to burned charcoal and that diamond must also be a form of carbon. Diamonds were similarly observed from the earliest times.

Thanks for that information
This topic can be deleted now

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