Definition of carbon black
: any of various colloidal black substances consisting wholly or principally of carbon obtained usually as soot and used especially in tires and as pigments
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Shannon Ponciano at Ponciano Design and Todd Hertner of Rebuild also installed custom cabinets, carbon black engineered wood flooring and five California Closets.
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My Mini had carbon black leatherette upholstery, with Hazy Gray plastic trim on the door panels and dash.
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Black plastic trays are problematic for a similar reason: carbon black pigments can’t be picked out by sorting systems.
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So, being able to use food wastes to reduce the amount of carbon black needed could lower costs.
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Manufacturers typically use the soot known as carbon black in rubber, ink, paints, and carbon paper.
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First Known Use of carbon black
1872
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