Term: graphitized carbon
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02693

Definition:
A graphitic carbon with more or less perfect three-dimensional hexagonal crystalline order prepared from non-graphitic carbon by graphitization heat treatment.

Note: @N04194@ do not transform into @G02689@ on heat treatment at temperatures above 2500 K and therefore are not graphitized carbons.

Related Terms:
1) non-graphitizable carbons (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04194).
2) graphitic carbon (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02689).
3) non-graphitic carbon (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04193).
4) graphitization heat treatment (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02692).

Source: PAC, 1995, 67, 473. 'Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 494 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567030473)

Citation: 'graphitized 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.G02693

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