Catalytic graphitization

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-001724",
  "term": "Catalytic graphitization",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A heat treatment in which a metal or mineral additive lets non-graphitic carbon turn into graphite at a lower temperature or in less time than it otherwise would. Iron, nickel, cobalt and carbide-forming elements such as silicon act this way. One route is dissolution of disordered carbon in the additive and precipitation of graphite, which is less soluble, at the treatment temperature.",
  "subject": "Inorganic Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "carbon",
    "catalyst",
    "dissolution",
    "graphite",
    "graphitization",
    "non-graphitic carbon",
    "precipitation",
    "transformation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1995, 67, 473. 'Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 484 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567030473)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/catalytic-graphitization/"
}