The solid-state
transformation of
non-graphitic carbon into
graphite by heat treatment combined with application of mechanical stress, resulting in a
defined degree of
graphitization being obtained at a lower temperature and/or after a shorter time of heat treatment
than in the absence of applied stress.
Note:
Stress
graphitization may also occur in volume elements of a carbon body in the process of heat treatment
as a result of the action of internal residual or thermal stresses.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 473
(Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations
1995))
on page 505