WHAT IS THE MEANING OF CARBON CHEMISTRY
We know that a majority of substances used by us daily, from paper and plastics to coal and petrol, are all made up of carbon. Food grains, pulses, medicines, cotton, synthetic fibres, wood, etc. are all made up of carbon. Carbon is also a major part of all living things. In air, it is present as carbon dioxide and comprises around 0.03% of the total atmosphere.
There are thousands of chemical compounds made of carbon are introduced in the market for various uses. The compounds of carbon are very much higher than the compounds formed by other elements of the periodic table.
So, there is need of study of carbon and its compounds separately. Hence there is Carbon Chemistry for this purpose in which we study carbon and its various compounds.