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Carbon is the fourth most abundant chemical element in the universe by mass. It is also the second abundant element by mass in human body.
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Ren, Z., Lan, Y., Wang, Y. (2012). Introduction to Carbon. In: Aligned Carbon Nanotubes. NanoScience and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30490-3_1
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