https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02689
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
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.