Term: carbon artifact
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C00823

Definition:
An 'artificially produced' solid body which consists mainly of carbonaceous material in a distinct shape.

Note: Sometimes this term is also used for artificially (in the sense of technically) produced non-shaped @C00841@ such as @C01142@, blacks, etc. This application of the term carbon artifact is not recommended. Synonyms to the term carbon artifact are: 'artificial carbon article' or 'artificial carbon body'.

Related Terms:
1) carbon materials (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C00841).
2) coke (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01142).

Source: PAC, 1995, 67, 473. 'Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 479 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567030473)

Citation: 'carbon artifact' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C00823

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