Term: synthetic graphite
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S06233

Definition:
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 @A00460@ is often used as a synonym for synthetic @G02684@. The term synthetic @G02684@ is preferred, however, since @G02684@ crystals can be considered to consist of carbon macromolecules. Although the term synthetic @G02684@ also covers the CVD product @P04964@ as well as the residues of carbide @D01547@, it is predominantly used for @G02693@. Such common use is in line with the above definition. Synonyms for this most important type of synthetic @G02684@ are @A00068@ and @E01967@.

Related Terms:
1) artificial graphite (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00460).
2) pyrolytic graphite (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04964).
3) graphitic carbon (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02689).
4) non-graphitic carbon (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04193).
5) graphite (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02684).
6) decomposition (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.D01547).
7) graphitized carbon (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02693).
8) acheson graphite (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00068).
9) electrographite (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.E01967).
10) unstable (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.U06569).

Source: PAC, 1995, 67, 473. 'Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 505 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567030473)

Citation: 'synthetic graphite' 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.S06233

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