Carbon

(kar’-bon) [carbo, charcoal]. Charcoal. C= I2; quantivalence II, IV. A nonmetallic element occurring in the various forms of diamond, graphite or “black lead,” charcoal, and lamp-black. It is the central or characteristic element of organic compounds. Carbo animal is purificat., purified animal charcoal. Dose gr. xx-^j (1.3-4.0). C, 174