Carbon: A New View of Its High-Temperature Behavior
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.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- May 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.200.4343.763
- Bibcode:
- 1978Sci...200..763G