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Offline Schuey

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Graphite sublimation and melting
« on: May 25, 2009, 02:10:04 PM »
Whatever happens to graphite in normal conditions (that is 1 atm in standard atmospheric pressure, I would believe)? Does it melt? Does it sublime?
I've read graphite doesn't even have a true melting point. Or does it sublime instead?
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Offline dufengtao

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Re: Graphite sublimation and melting
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2009, 09:29:37 PM »
General speaking, the normal conditions are 1atm and room temperature.
The melting(or sublimation) point of graphite is in the range of 3652～3697℃. So it does not melt or sublime in normal conditions.
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Re: Graphite sublimation and melting
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2009, 11:00:41 PM »
Graphite does not sublime or melt at standard conditions, what would be the point of graphite lead in pencils, rather it forms network covalent bonds.
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