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<term>
  <id>00830</id>
  <title>carbon felt</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - carbon felt</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.C00830</doi>
  <code>C00830</code>
  <status>current</status>
  <definitions>
    <item>
      <id>1</id>
      <text>A textile material consisting of, in approximation, randomly oriented and intertwined carbon fibres.</text>
      <notes>
        <item>Carbon felts are usually fabricated by carbonization of organic felts but they can also be produced from short carbon fibres.</item>
      </notes>
      <links>
        <item>
          <term>carbon fibres</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C00831</url>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>carbonization</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C00840</url>
        </item>
      </links>
      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 1995, 67, 473. 'Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 481 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567030473)</item>
      </sources>
    </item>
  </definitions>
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  <citation>Citation: 'carbon felt' 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.C00830</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-04-19T02:26:28+00:00</accessed>
</term>
