Title: colloidal carbon
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - colloidal carbon
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.C01173
Status: current

Definition
A particulate carbon with particle sizes below ca.\(1000\ \rm{nm}\) in at least one dimension.

Note
Colloidal carbon exists in several morphologically distinct forms.

Related Terms
- Colloidal: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01172
- particulate carbon: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/P04433

Source
- PAC, 1995, 67, 473. 'Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 486 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567030473)

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Citation: Citation: 'colloidal carbon' 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.C01173
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