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black carbon

atmospheric soot; component of fine particulate matter
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black carbon

Summary

black carbon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (301 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • black carbon is a type of soot[2].
  • black carbon is a type of particulates[3].
  • black carbon's Commons category is recorded as Black carbon[4].
  • black carbon's contributing factor of is recorded as climate change[5].
  • black carbon's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include soot[2] and particulates[3].

Why It Matters

black carbon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (301 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

graphite/black carbon electrode

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2h ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2nUVdN
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Contributing factor of → climate change
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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