2006-11-12 06:51:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Silicon carbide is not organic. It is, however, very hard. It is used on the edges of cutting tools because it wears better than steel.
Other carbon compounds exist that are not organically derived such as calcium carbide (used to generate acetelyne gas by reaction with water), carbon disulfide, etc. See the Wikipedia reference for others.
2006-11-12 07:06:18 · answer #1 · answered by hevans1944 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
choose any you want ( since diamonds are carbon and it is found in meteorites you might be wrong in your assumption that it has an organic base - using life and organic in the standard definitions )
to simplify carbon is a building block for life as we know it ( carbon based ) but life ( organisms - organic ) does not produce carbon
2006-11-12 06:55:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any carbon compound that doesn't contain hydrogen, such as carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide.
2006-11-12 07:01:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diamond is pure carbon and is not organic.
2006-11-12 06:56:12 · answer #4 · answered by leprechaun1066 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋