graphitic
- adjective
- /ɡrəˈfɪtɪk/
- Specialized
:
grafítico
- This graphitic substance is essential for making lubricants in machinery.
Examples
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The pencil contained a graphitic core that allowed for smooth writing.
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The relative intensities of the 1320-cm<sup>-1</sup> D peak and G peak are dependent on the size of any graphitic microcrystals that are present in the film.
Academic text (1996) -
This allows us to distinguish between soot, which is graphitic, and organic carbon.
Blog text (17) -
Although controversial, there is clear evidence that graphitic microcrystals can exist in these films under certain growth conditions or post-deposition treatments 74, 75.
Academic text (1996) -
The graphitic form of carbon arises from a different type of bonding orbital hybridization (sp²), which produces three strong planar bonds.
Academic text (1996) -
Scientists studied the graphitic material's properties for use in batteries.
How Graphitic
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Etymology
Graphitic comes from graphite, which itself comes from the Greek graphein meaning 'to write', the same root you see in graphic and paragraph. Because graphite is the dark, soft material used for writing and making marks, graphitic means 'relating to or containing graphite'.