TYPES OF SYNTHETIC CARBON AND GRAPHITE

Chapters 2 and 3 were a review of the carbon atom and its bonding mechanisms and howthese atoms combine tofonn graphite crystals. Inthis and the next six chapters, the focus wiil be on how iarge numbers of these crystallites are combined to form synthetic (and naturai) carbon and graphite products. The various types of synthetic materials will be reviewed including their production processes, their properties and characteristics, and their present and potential applications. 

I n terms of size, the review proceeds from the size of a single carbon atom, to that of a graphite crystal, composed of thousands of atoms, to that of a graphite product such as an electrode, which may weigh hundreds of kilograms. 

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