Term: graphitization heat treatment
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02692

Definition:
A process of heat treatment of a non-graphitic carbon industrially performed at temperatures in the range between 2500 and 3300 K, to achieve transformation into graphitic carbon.

Note: The term @G02691@ heat treatment does not include information as to the @C01433@ achieved by the heat treatment, that is the extent of @T06446@ into @G02689@ or the degree of @G02691@. Only for such a @T06446@ into @G02689@ should the term @G02691@ be used. Consequently: the common use of the term @G02691@ for the heat treatment process only, regardless of the resultant @C01433@, is incorrect and should be avoided.

Related Terms:
1) graphitization (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02691).
2) crystallinity (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01433).
3) transformation (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.T06446).
4) graphitic carbon (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02689).
5) non-graphitic carbon (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04193).

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: 'graphitization heat treatment' 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.G02692

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