Preferred Label : carbon black;
IUPAC definition : An industrially manufactured colloidal carbon material in the form of spheres and
of their fused aggregates with sizes below 1000 nm.;
Scope note : carbon black is a commercial product manufactured by thermal decomposition, including
detonation, or by incomplete combustion of carbon hydrogen compounds and has a well-defined
morphology with a minimum content of tars or other extraneous materials. for historical
reasons, however, carbon black is popularly but incorrectly regarded as a form of
soot. in fact, in many languages, the same word is used to designate both materials.
carbon black is manufactured under controlled conditions, whereas soot is randomly
formed. they can be distinguished on the basis of tar, ash content and impurities.
attempts in the literature to create a general term, aciniform carbon, which would
cover both carbon black and soot, are not yet generally accepted.;
Origin ID : C00824;
UMLS CUI : C0007010;
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An industrially manufactured colloidal carbon material in the form of spheres and
of their fused aggregates with sizes below 1000 nm.
