Graphite
The slippery form of carbon in every pencil — flat sheets stacked in perfect layers
← Allotrope of Carbon
The same carbon atoms in a diamond rearrange into flat sheets to make the soft grey core of every pencil.
The hexagonal allotrope of carbon — stacked sheets of fused six-membered rings.
Material
Gallery canvas set in a solid wood floating frame.
Frame
Brown
$70.00
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See it on your wall
Shown true-to-size - a 8×10in piece scaled against real furniture.
Crystallography
| Catalogue identity | Graphite — P6₃/mmc |
| Formula | C |
| Crystal system | hexagonal |
| Space group | P6_3/mmc |
| Lattice (a, b, c) Å | 2.52, 2.52, 4.12 |
| Angles (α, β, γ) ° | 90, 90, 120 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 3.521 |
Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)
Allotropes
Carbon — C c m m
Carbon — C m m a
Carbon — C m m m
Carbon — Fm-3
Carbon — F m m m
Carbon — I -4 3 d
Carbon — I a -3
Carbon — I m -3
Carbon — Immm
Carbon — P 42/m m c
Carbon — P 63 m c
Carbon — P 64 2 2
Carbon — P 6/m m m
Carbon — Pa-3
Carbon — P b a n :1
Carbon — P c c a
Carbon — Pnnm
Carbon — R -3 m :H
Carbon — R -3 m :R
Diamond