When carbon dioxide is a gas, the molecules repel each other. When carbon dioxide is a solid the molecules do attract each other, and bond in a crystalline structure.
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Carbon dioxide means carbon dioxide for two major reasons.One, is that carbon dioxide is made up of the element carbon, which is how it get the carbon of it's name, and is also made up of the element...
No, it is not. Carbon refers to the element C, with the atomic number 6. Carbon Dioxide refers to the compound formed when one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms are bonded together through covalent...
When Carbon or any other organic compound udergoes combustion, carbon dioxide is produced alongwith a release of large amount of energy as heat. C + O2 = CO2