All varieties of substances consisting of the element carbon in the allotropic form
of
graphite irrespective of the presence of structural defects.
Note:
The use of the term graphitic carbon is justified if three-dimensional hexagonal crystalline
long-range order can be detected in the material by
diffraction methods, independent of the
volume fraction and the homogeneity of distribution of such crystalline domains. Otherwise, the term
non-graphitic carbon should be used.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 473
(Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations
1995))
on page 493
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
