Ceraphite

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Ceraphite is the fourth allotropic form of carbon, also known as white carbon. Discovered in 1969, it is one of the softest substances known to man. It is formed as small transparent crystals on the edges of planes of graphite when heated to above ~2550 kelvins at low pressures under free-vaporization conditions. It is a transparent birefringent material. Very little information is currently available about this allotrope http://www.radiochemistry.org/periodictable/elements/6.html.

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Allotropic form of carbon - Carbon - 1969 - Transparent - Crystals - Planes - Graphite - Kelvin - Vaporization - Birefringent - Allotrope

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