Title: carbon artifact
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - carbon artifact
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.C00823
Status: current

Definition
An 'artificially produced' solid body which consists mainly of carbonaceous material in a distinct shape.

Note
Sometimes this term is also used for artificially (in the sense of technically) produced non-shaped carbon materials such as coke, blacks, etc. This application of the term carbon artifact is not recommended. Synonyms to the term carbon artifact are: 'artificial carbon article' or 'artificial carbon body'.

Related Terms
- carbon materials: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C00841
- coke: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01142

Source
- PAC, 1995, 67, 473. 'Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 479 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567030473)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/C00823/xml

Citation: Citation: 'carbon artifact' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.C00823
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