synthetic graphite

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S06233
A material consisting of
graphitic carbon
which has been obtained by graphitizing of
non-graphitic carbon
by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) from hydrobcarbons at temperatures above 2500 K, by
decomposition
of thermally
unstable
carbides or by crystallizing from metal melts supersaturated with carbon.
Note:
The term
artificial graphite
is often used as a synonym for synthetic
graphite
. The term synthetic
graphite
is preferred, however, since
graphite
crystals can be considered to consist of carbon macromolecules. Although the term synthetic
graphite
also covers the CVD product
pyrolytic graphite
as well as the residues of carbide
decomposition
, it is predominantly used for
graphitized carbon
. Such common use is in line with the above definition. Synonyms for this most important type of synthetic
graphite
are
Acheson graphite
and
electrographite
.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 473. (Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 505 [Terms] [Paper]