carbon black

English

Noun

carbon black (uncountable)

1. (petrochemistry) A fine black powder of amorphous carbon manufactured by the incomplete combustion of natural gas or oil, and used as a pigment in the manufacture of ink and paint. Used as a filler in rubber like polymers and rubber. It helps the polymers resist deterioration by ultraviolet rays.

Synonyms

• E153 when used as a food colouring

Translations

fine black powder of amorphous carbon

• Finnish: hiilimusta (fi), nokimusta, kimröökki (fi)
• French: noir de carbone (fr) m
• Indonesian: jelaga (id)
• Irish: dubh an charbóin m, dubh carbóin m
• Macedonian: саѓа f (saǵa), саѓи pl (saǵi)
• Portuguese: negro de fumo m
• Russian: технический углерод (texničeskij uglerod)
• Spanish: negro de carbón m

See also

• soot
• vegetable carbon
• bone black

Anagrams

• black carbon