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| activated carbon A powdered, granular or pelleted form of amorphous carbon characterized by a very large surface area per unit volume because of an enormous number of fine pores | 活性炭 (一种粉末状、小颗粒或者丸状的无定形碳。因为有大量的细孔，其每单位体积都具有较大的表面积。) |
| carbon capture | 二氧化碳固定 |
| carbon capture | 碳捕集 |
| carbon cycle The cycle of carbon in the biosphere, in which plants convert carbon dioxide to organic compounds that are consumed by plants and animals, and the carbon is returned to the biosphere in inorganic form by processes of respiration and decay | 碳循环 (生物圈中的碳循环，在这个循环中，植物将二氧化碳转化成供植物和动物消费的有机化合物，碳元素通过呼吸和衰亡过程以无机物的形式返回到生物圈中。) |
| carbon dioxide A colourless gas with a faint tingling smell and taste. Atmospheric carbon dioxide is the source of carbon for plants. As carbon dioxide is heavier than air and does not support combustion, it is used in fire extinguishers. It is a normal constituent of the atmosphere, relatively innocuous in itself but playing an important role in the greenhouse effect. It is produced during the combustion of fossil fuels when the carbon content of the fuels reacts with the oxygen during combustion. It is also produced when living organisms respire. It is essential for plant nutrition and in the ocean phytoplankton is capable of absorbing and releasing large quantities of the gas, CO2 | 二氧化碳 (一种无色的气体，有淡淡的刺激性气味和味道。大气中的二氧化碳是植物的碳源。由于二氧化碳比空气重并且不支持燃烧，二氧化碳被用作灭火剂。它是大气的基本组成部分，相对无害，但是在温室效应中扮演着一个重要的角色。它是碳和氧气在燃烧过程中发生反应而产生的，也在生物体呼吸时产生。它是必要的植物营养，而且海洋浮游植物也能吸收和释放大量的二氧化碳。) |
| carbon dioxide fixation | 二氧化碳固定 |
| carbon dioxide fixation | 碳捕集 |
| carbon dioxide removal | 去除一氧化碳 |
| carbon dioxide tax Compulsory charges levied on fuels to reduce the output of carbon dioxide (CO2), which is a colourless and odourless gas substance that is incombustible | 二氧化碳税 (强制征收的燃料费，用来降低二氧化碳(CO2)的排放，该气体是一种无色无味不可燃烧的气体。) |
| carbon fixation | 二氧化碳固定 |
| carbon fixation | 碳捕集 |
| carbon monoxide Colorless, odourless, tasteless, non-corrosive, highly poisonous gas of about the same density as that of air. Very flammable, burning in air with bright blue flame. Although each molecule of CO has one carbon atom and one oxygen atom, it has a shape similar to that of an oxygen molecule (two atoms of oxygen), which is important with regard to it's lethality, CO | 一氧化碳 (无色、无味、无腐蚀性的、有剧毒的气体，密度和空气一样大。极易燃烧，在空气中燃烧时，有明亮的蓝色火焰。尽管每一个一氧化碳分子有一个碳原子一个氧原子，但它的形状和氧分子相似，这是一氧化碳致死性的一个重要因素。) |
| carbon monoxide pollution experiment | 一氧化碳污染试验 |
| dissolved organic carbon The fraction of total organic carbon (all carbon atoms covalently bonded in organic molecules) in water that passes through a 0.45 micron pore-diameter filter | 溶解性有机碳 (水中全部有机碳(即所有碳原子以共价键联结成的有机分子)能通过0.45微米孔径滤纸所占的比例。) |
| global carbon balance | 全球碳平衡 |
| organic carbon Carbon which comes from an animal or plant | 有机碳 (来自于动物或植物的碳。) |
| total organic carbon The amount of carbon covalently bound in organic compounds in a water sample | 总有机碳 (大量碳共价键束缚于有机物的水样中。) |
