ABSTRACT

Humans first used carbon as chars from firewood in ritual paintings and primitive metallurgical processes. Natural forms of carbon have been known since antiquity, yet the knowledge of the carbon element in chemistry and its technical applications on a larger scale are a relatively recent development. The industrial revolution in Europe two centuri

chapter 1|24 pages

Polymorphism of Carbon

chapter 2|20 pages

Electronic Band Structure of Graphites

chapter 3|26 pages

Electronic Conduction

chapter 6|30 pages

Mechanical Properties

chapter 7|38 pages

Carbon Surface Chemistry

chapter 8|20 pages

Applications of Polycrystalline Graphite

chapter 9|22 pages

Carbonization and Graphitization

chapter 11|26 pages

Amorphous and Non-Crystalline Carbons

chapter 12|20 pages

Physical Properties of Pregraphitic Carbons