These animations were created for the Carbon episode of the Modern Marvels series airing on The History Channel. They are presented here without audio to avoid intellectual property issues. All content is the original work of Rickert Digital Design except as noted.

Act 1

Carbon fiber is synthesized from PAN (polyacrylonitrile) fiber in an oxidizing oven.

The narrator enumerates some of the important parts of a champ car that require carbon, with each disappearing as it's named (paint, brakes, fuel, tires, body, and driver).

Carbon and several other atoms bond according to the configurations of their valence electron shells.

Carbon is the basis of an increasingly complex variety of organic molecules, beginning with methane and ending with a strand of DNA.