Talk:Amorphous carbon

I'm not sure that this discussion of carbon belongs in the category "inorganic chemistry"...but maybe my definition of "organic" is a bit pedantic. Any thoughts?--Joel 04:43, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

It's not organic chemistry, despite the carbon. When I studied a-C it was Physical Chemistry. SewerSide 12:39, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Environmental Impact

It seems likely that carbon removal from the atmosphere can result in CO2 or in aC. If aC is produced, what kind of surface sequestration would be necessary? Say, if dumped into the ocean, would it dissolve or would it become bottom sediment? What kind of problem(s) can be anticipated with large amounts of aC accumulated from atmospheric scrubbing? Bcwilmot (talk) 17:53, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

I think that the carbon removed from the atmosphere tends to be in other forms - after all, it needs to be captured by some kind of reactive catalyst. Once already in a reactive form like this, it's usually possible to do what you like with it - and the quantities involved are small enough that dumping it wouldn't make any commercial sense. I believe there's good research being done on polymers that can be formed from CO2, which could be used as more sustainable plastics, for example? Charlielutra24 (talk) 14:47, 1 March 2025 (UTC)