Title: hard amorphous carbon films
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - hard amorphous carbon films
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.H02741
Status: current

Definition
A synonym for diamond-like carbon films

Related Term
- diamond-like carbon films: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/D01673

Source
- PAC, 1995, 67, 473. 'Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 494 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567030473)

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Citation: Citation: 'hard amorphous carbon films' 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.H02741
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