). For a description of the various types of carbon as a solid the term carbon should
be used only in combination with an additional noun or a clarifying adjective.
See also: amorphous carbon, carbon fibres, carbon material, glass-like carbon, graphitic carbon, non-graphitic carbon, pyrolytic carbon
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 473
(Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations
1995))
on page 479