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	Carbon chauvinism - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Carbon chauvinism is the viewpoint in xenobiology that carbon is necessarily the basis of all life on other planets, as carbon's chemical and thermodynamic properties render it far superior to all other elements.
		The cosmic abundance of carbon to silicon is 3.5 to 1.
		Both diamondoid and carbon nanotubes are also commonly proposed materials for use in nanomachines, both of which are forms of carbon and so may not ideally serve as a counterexample to carbon chauvinism.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /carbon_chauvinism.htm (1866 words)

	Alternative biochemistry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Proponents of such theories sometimes use the expression carbon chauvinism to disparage the assumption that carbon molecules are necessarily the basis for all life.
		The cosmic abundance of carbon to silicon is roughly 10 to 1.
		Both diamondoid and carbon nanotubes are also commonly proposed materials for use in nanomachines, forms of carbon not used by life as it is currently known, and furthermore it is often proposed that nanotechnological devices will operate without the water environment that life as it is currently known requires.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carbon_chauvinism (2320 words)

	Carbon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carbon is a vital component of all known living systems, and without it life as we know it could not exist (see alternative biochemistry).
		Carbon is used as a neutron moderator in nuclear reactors.
		Carbon is abundant in the sun, stars, comets, and in the atmospheres of most planets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carbon (2115 words)

	Chauvinism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Chauvinism is extreme and unreasoning partisanship on behalf of a group to which one belongs, especially when the partisanship includes malice and hatred towards a rival group.
		Chauvinism is an almost natural product of the national concept insofar as it springs directly from the old idea of the "national mission.".
		In the United States, chauvinism as a perceived social problem was brought to the forefront of national politics by the feminist movement, and the use of male chauvinism as a synonym for anti-female sexism.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ch/Chauvinism.htm (360 words)

	Carbon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Carbon () is the chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol C and atomic number 6.
		In the simple form 60 carbon atoms form a graphitic layer which is bent to a 3-dimensional structure, similar to a soccer ball.
		Carbon is used for control rods in nuclear reactors.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/c/ca/carbon.html (1789 words)

	CARBON FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Carbon is a chemical_element in the periodic_table that has the symbol C and atomic_number 6.
		At normal pressures carbon takes the form of graphite, in which each atom is bonded to three others in a plane composed of fused hexagonal rings, just like those in aromatic_hydrocarbons.
		The most prominent oxide of carbon is carbon_dioxide, CO This is a minor component of the Earth's_atmosphere, produced and used by living things, and a common volatile elsewhere.
	www.flowergods.com /carbon (1978 words)

	Carbon chauvinism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		silicon dioxide (the analogue of carbon dioxide) is a non- soluble solid at the temperature range where water is possible making it difficult for to be introduced into water-based biochemical systems if the necessary range of biochemical molecules be constructed out of it.
		In addition to carbon compounds all currently terrestrial life also requires water as a Although not strictly "carbon chauvinism" since water contain carbon it is sometimes assumed that is the only suitable chemical to fill role and so similar issues apply.
		Both diamondoid and carbon nanotubes are also commonly proposed materials for in nanomachines both of which are forms carbon and so may not ideally serve a counterexample to carbon chauvinism.
	www.freeglossary.com /Carbon_chauvinism (1809 words)

	Carbon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the simple form 60 carbon atoms form a graphitic layer which is closed into to a sphere, similar to a soccer ball.
		Carbon is used as a Neutron moderatormoderator in nuclear reactor/s.
		Carbon monoxide (CoxygenO), which is present in the exhaust of combustion engines, and cyanide (CN), which is sometimes in mining pollution, are extremely toxic to mammals.
	www.infothis.com /find/Carbon (1732 words)

	Carbon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The major economic use of carbon is in the form of hydrocarbons, most notably the fossil fuels methane gas and crude oil(petroleum).
		Carbon is used as a moderator in nuclear reactors.
		The three relatively well-known allotropes of carbon are amorphous, graphite, and diamond.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Carbon.htm (2065 words)

	Carbon - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Applications Carbon is a vital component of all known living systems, and without it life as we know it could not exist (see carbon chauvinism).
		Carbon chain It«s the atomic structure of hydrocarbons in which a series of carbon atoms, saturated by hydrogen atoms, form a chain.
		Carbon monoxide (CO), which is present in the exhaust of combustion engines, and cyanide (CN-), which is sometimes in mining pollution, are extremely toxic to mammals.
	www.questionz.net /Universe/Earth/Carbon.html (1744 words)

	Carbon chauvinism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Silanes (hydrogen-silicon compounds analogous to the alkane hydrocarbons) are highly reactive with water, and long-chain silanes spontaneously decompose.
		Finally, of the molecules identified in interstellar space as of 1998, 84 are based on carbon and 8 are based on silicon.
		Ethically, this could be considered as an argument for carbon chauvanism, or at least for teaching it to any artificial life forms that human beings may create.
	www.city-search.org /ca/carbon-chauvinism.html (1359 words)

	Carbon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		:''Alternative meaning: Carbon (computing) Carbon is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol C and atomic number 6.
		:''Main article: allotropes of carbon The three relatively well-known allotropes of Carbon are amorphous, graphite, and diamond.
		]] At normal pressures Carbon takes the form of graphite, in which each atom is bonded to three others in a plane composed of fused hexagonal rings, just like those in aromatic hydrocarbons.
	carbon.area51.ipupdater.com (1927 words)

	Carbon articles and news from Start Learning Now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		- Carbon is used as a neutron moderator in nuclear reactors.
		The allotropes of carbon are the different molecular configurations (allotropyallotropes) that pure carbon can take.
		Carbon is abundant in the sun, stars, comets, and in the celestial body's atmosphereatmospheres of most planets.
	www.startlearningnow.com /carbon\|C.htm (2219 words)

	SETI article - SETI Arecibo Observatory Puerto Rico pronounced Interstellar travel - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		One is to assume that the vast majority of life-forms in our galaxy are based on carbon chemistries, as are all life-forms on Earth.
		While it is possible that life could be based around atoms other than carbon, carbon is well known for the unusually wide variety of molecules that can be formed around it.
		The presence of liquid water is also a useful assumption, as it is a common molecule and provides an excellent environment for the formation of complicated carbon-based molecules that could eventually lead to the emergence of life.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/SETI (4888 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Carbon [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Carbon has two stable, naturally-occurring isotopes: Carbon-12, or C-12, (98.89%) and Carbon-13, or C-13, (1.11%), and one unstable, naturally-occurring, radioisotope, Carbon-14 or C-14.
		Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5715 years and has been used extensively for radiocarbon dating wood, archaeological sites and specimens.
		Carbon monoxide (CO), which is present in the exhaust of combustion engines, and cyanide (CN), which is sometimes in mining pollution, are extremely toxic to mammals.
	encyclozine.com /Carbon (1744 words)

	Life - Wikipedia
		There have been a number of false alarms of life elsewhere in the Universe, but none of these apparent discoveries have so far survived scientific scrutiny.
		All life on Earth is based on the chemistry of carbon compounds.
		Some assert that this must be the case for all possible forms of life throughout the Universe; others describe this position as 'carbon chauvinism'.
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Life (343 words)

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		Stephen Baxter has imagined perhaps some of the most unusual exotic lifeforms in his Xeelee series of novels and stories, including supersymmetric photino-based life that congregate in the gravity wells of stars, and the Qax, who thrive in any form of convection cells, from swamp gas to the atmospheres of gas giants.
	www.e-paranoids.com /c/ca/carbon_chauvinism.html (1870 words)

	Dictionary carbon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		, C, atomic number -- an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
		-- a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper
		, carbon copy -- a copy made with carbon paper
	www.dictionarydefinition.net /carbon.html (74 words)

	Carbon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		(this article only deals with inorganic compounds of carbon; see also organic chemistry)
		The most prominent oxide of carbon is carbon dioxide, CO
		This is a minor component of the Earth's atmosphere, produced and used by living things, and a common volatile elsewhere.
	www.city-search.org /ca/carbon.html (1709 words)

	Gene Expression: The prematurity of exobiology
		I've always been skeptical of statements that conditions on earth are "just right" for life.
		Some of the arguments made by "exobiologists" are plausible, including the argument that organic complexity almost certainly requires a carbon substrate (b/c of carbon's ability to bind to itself).
		Still, carbon chauvinism is much more plausible than less "molecular", less fundamental arguments.
	www.gnxp.com /MT2/archives/000878.html (589 words)

	Life in the Universe
		Life - as we know it - is based on complex molecules built as carbon chains
		O (water), CH (methane), NH (ammonia), CO (carbon dioxide), and applied sparks
		Usual assumption of SETI is that life is based on carbon chemistry, like on earth
	physics.uoregon.edu /~jimbrau/astr123/Notes/Chapter28.html (941 words)

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