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The 43 pages that link to Graphite, each with the reason it gives.

• Thermal conductivityBroader topic: Its conductivity is strongly direction-dependent because heat travels differently along and across its layers.

• Lithium-ion batteryRelated: Its layered structure stores lithium ions at the negative electrode in most commercial cells.

• DiamondCompared with: Its layered structure contrasts with diamond’s rigid, three-dimensional bonding network.

• GrapheneRelated: Graphite is the familiar layered material from which isolated graphene sheets can be obtained.

• CarbonBroader topic: Weak attraction between its layers lets them slide, while electrons conduct within them.

• Cast ironRelated: In gray cast iron, graphite precipitates as flakes that influence fracture and vibration damping.

• AllotropyBroader topic: Its layered structure shows how a different atomic arrangement changes material properties.

• Carbon nanotubeCompared with: Graphite retains flat stacked layers rather than a hollow cylindrical lattice.

• BerylliumCompared with: Graphite can also reflect or moderate neutrons, providing alternatives in nuclear systems.

• InkCompared with: Graphite marks by depositing solid particles, while ink leaves liquid-carried color.

• Hexagonal crystal systemBroader topic: Its crystal structure has hexagonal symmetry and strongly anisotropic bonding.

• Iron–carbon phase diagramCompared with: It is the stable carbon phase in the equilibrium iron–carbon system, although cementite often forms in practice.

• Isua Greenstone BeltRelated: Graphite grains in Isua rocks carry the isotope signals central to early-life arguments.

• DrawingRelated: Graphite pencils made controlled, erasable tonal drawing widely practical.

• Pig ironRelated: Carbon may separate as graphite in some pig irons, affecting their fracture and casting behavior.

• BuckminsterfullereneCompared with: Graphite’s extended layers contrast with the isolated, curved C₆₀ molecule.

• Carbon fibersRelated: Carbon fibers contain graphite-like regions, though their structure is not usually perfect graphite.

• Allotropes of carbonBroader topic: Its strongly bonded sheets slide easily and conduct electricity along their planes.

• FrottageRelated: Its soft particles transfer readily to paper as it passes over surface relief.

• Amorphous carbonCompared with: Its extended layered order contrasts with the limited structural coherence of amorphous carbon.

• MolybdeniteCompared with: Its similar softness and layered appearance can make it resemble molybdenite.

• Molybdenum disulfideCompared with: Like MoS₂, graphite lubricates through layered structures, but its performance differs in humid and vacuum environments.

• Writing instrumentRelated: Its particles transfer from a pencil core onto the writing surface.

• Native element mineralRelated: Its native-mineral structure underlies uses in electrodes, lubricants, and pencils.

• NonmetalBroader topic: Graphite is a nonmetal form used in electrodes, lubricants, and batteries.

• Polycyclic compoundCompared with: Its extended fused rings show how cyclic bonding can form a solid rather than a discrete molecule.

• Richard SmalleyRelated: Graphite served as the carbon target vaporized in the laboratory experiments.

• Robert CurlRelated: Graphite served as the carbon source in the laser-vaporization experiments.

• Andre GeimNarrower topic: Graphite supplied the layered material from which Geim’s team separated graphene.

• Colored pencilCompared with: Graphite pencils make gray marks, while colored pencils use pigment to produce hues.

• Harry KrotoRelated: Graphite supplied the carbon vapor from which the team generated clusters.

• Konstantin NovoselovNarrower topic: Its weakly coupled layers made it possible to peel off individual graphene sheets.

• Boron nitrideCompared with: Hexagonal boron nitride resembles graphite structurally but differs in color and electronic behavior.

• Carbon planetRelated: Graphite could form in carbon-rich mantles where pressure and temperature do not favor diamond.

• Hexagonal crystal familyBroader topic: Its common crystal structure illustrates hexagonal symmetry in a familiar material.

• AllotropeBroader topic: Its layered structure makes graphite a contrasting solid allotrope of carbon.

• Graphite oxideRelated: Its stacked carbon sheets are the starting structure that oxidation transforms.

• Bonding in solidsBroader topic: Its mixed bonding explains easy cleavage and strong electrical conduction along the sheets.

• Elemental materialsBroader topic: Its layered structure gives elemental carbon a useful combination of conductivity and softness.

• Inorganic chemicalsCompared with: Elemental carbon belongs to inorganic chemistry despite carbon’s central role in organic compounds.

• Network solidBroader topic: Its layered network is strong within sheets but allows them to slide past one another.

• Pencil sharpenerBroader topic: Graphite forms the writing core and leaves marks as sharpened material meets paper.

• Popigai impact structureRelated: Graphite-bearing rocks supplied the carbon that the impact transformed into diamond.