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Structure of Glassy Carbon

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WHEN many polymers are pyrolysed, they change directly into a form of carbon which retains the original morphology without passing through a plastic phase. This type of carbon has a glass-like appearance and is referred to as a glassy carbon. It is hard and brittle, unlike the soft graphitic forms of carbon, and does not revert to these forms at high temperatures.

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JENKINS, G., KAWAMURA, K. Structure of Glassy Carbon. Nature 231, 175–176 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/231175a0

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