Term: graphitic carbon
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02689

Definition:
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 @D01711@ methods, independent of the @V06643@ and the homogeneity of distribution of such crystalline domains. Otherwise, the term @N04193@ should be used.

Related Terms:
1) diffraction (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.D01711).
2) volume fraction (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.V06643).
3) non-graphitic carbon (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04193).
4) graphite (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02684).

Source: PAC, 1995, 67, 473. 'Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 493 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567030473)

Citation: 'graphitic carbon' 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.G02689

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