CHEBI:33418 - graphite

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ChEBI Name graphite
ChEBI ID CHEBI:33418
Definition An allotropic form of the element carbon consisting of layers of hexagonally arranged carbon atoms in a planar condensed ring system (graphene layers). The layers are stacked parallel to each other in a three-dimensional crystalline long-range order. There are two allotropic forms with different stacking arrangements, hexagonal and rhombohedral. The chemical bonds within the layers are covalent with sp2 hybridization and with a C—C distance of 141.7 pm. The weak bonds between the layers are metallic with a strength comparable to van der Waals bonding only.
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Formula C
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 1056.968
Monoisotopic Mass 1056.00000
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing graphite (CHEBI:33418) has part graphene (CHEBI:36973)
graphite (CHEBI:33418) is a elemental carbon (CHEBI:33415)
graphite (CHEBI:33418) is a native element mineral (CHEBI:46730)
Incoming graphite oxide (CHEBI:132888) has functional parent graphite (CHEBI:33418)
graphite nanoparticle (CHEBI:131896) is a graphite (CHEBI:33418)
hexagonal graphite (CHEBI:36977) is a graphite (CHEBI:33418)
rhombohedral graphite (CHEBI:36978) is a graphite (CHEBI:33418)
IUPAC Name
graphite
Synonyms Sources
black lead ChemIDplus
Cn IUPAC
grafito IUPAC
Graphit ChEBI
mineral carbon NIST Chemistry WebBook
plumbago ChemIDplus
Registry Numbers Types Sources
12751-41-6 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
22250 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
7782-42-5 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
7782-42-5 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Last Modified
09 May 2016
General Comment
2006-11-08 The term graphite is also used often but incorrectly to describe graphite materials, i.e. materials consisting of graphitic carbon made from carbon materials by processing to temperatures greater than 2500 K, even though no perfect graphite structure is present.