Preferred Label : pyrolytic graphite;
IUPAC acronym : HOPG;
IUPAC definition : A graphite material with a high degree of preferred crystallographic orientation of
the i c /i -axes perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, obtained by graphitization
heat treatment of pyrolytic carbon or by chemical vapour deposition at temperatures
above 2500 K.;
Scope note : pyrographite, a synonym for pyrolytic graphite, was introduced as a trademark and
should not be used as a term. hot working of pyrolytic graphite (by heat treatment
under compressive stress at temperatures above 3000k) results in highly oriented pyrolytic
graphite (hopg).;
Origin ID : P04964;
See also
A graphite material with a high degree of preferred crystallographic orientation of
the i c /i -axes perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, obtained by graphitization
heat treatment of pyrolytic carbon or by chemical vapour deposition at temperatures
above 2500 K.
