6. Glossary
Allotropic forms of carbon
Carbon is an element that exists in various crystalline forms, such as hexagonal graphite, rhombohedral graphite, hexagonal or cubic diamond, and the various forms of nanocarbons (nanotubes, fullerenes, etc.). The most thermodynamically stable form of carbon is hexagonal graphite, towards which all other forms tend to evolve, even if transformation kinetics can be infinitely slow under normal temperature and pressure conditions.
SWNT; Single Wall NanoTube
Single-sheet carbon nanotube, conceptually represented by a graphene sheet folded on itself to form a cylinder.
HiPCO; High Pressure dismutation of CO
High-pressure decomposition of CO.
Process for the synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) by catalytic...
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