Term: non-graphitic carbon
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04193

Definition:
All varieties of solids consisting mainly of the element carbon with two-dimensional long-range order of the carbon atoms in planar hexagonal networks, but without any measurable crystallographic order in the third direction (c-direction) apart from more or less parallel stacking.

Note: Some varieties of non-@G02689@ convert on heat treatment to @G02689@ but some others do not (@N04194@).

Related Terms:
1) amorphous carbon (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00294).
2) graphitic carbon (graphitizable carbon) (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02689).
3) non-graphitizable carbon (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04194).

Source: PAC, 1995, 67, 473. 'Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 498 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567030473)

Citation: 'non-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.N04193

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