Carbon: A New View of Its High-Temperature Behavior

A. Greenville Whittaker

Science · 1978 · 239 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

An increasing body of research indicates that carbon can exist in a number of polymorphic "carbyne" forms. It is proposed that these forms occur because of a shift to triple bonding in the carbon system as temperature increases above 2600 K. It is also proposed that graphite can dissociate into triple-bonded molecules by a simple mechanism.

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