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A material consisting of , by
graphitic carbon
which has been obtained by graphitizing of non-graphitic carbon
by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) from hydrobcarbons at temperatures above decomposition
of thermally unstable
carbides or by crystallizing from metal melts supersaturated with carbon.Note:
The term
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
.