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carbon value

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noun

  1. chem an empirical measurement of the tendency of a lubricant to form carbon when in use

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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To participate, owners need to take an inventory of their forested property, have a land management plan and run models to calculate the land’s carbon value.

From Seattle Times Aug. 22, 2023

A high carbon value in soil is a good thing: It indicates that, rather than being released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, carbon is effectively getting stored in the soil itself.

From Salon Oct. 8, 2022

Villagers with more resources ate processed food containing corn byproducts with higher carbon values than other plants, and poorer dogs scavenged livestock feces or bone, which has a higher carbon value than meat.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2019

The document attributed a "default" carbon value for traditional fuels of 85.8g of carbon dioxide per mega joule of for traditional oil and 107gC02/MJ for fuel derived from tar sands.

From The Guardian Aug. 4, 2011

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