Atomic distances in small graphite crystals and the nature of the bond
- 1 January 1940
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas
- Vol. 59 (9) , 826-830
- https://doi.org/10.1002/recl.19400590903
Abstract
It is pointed out that the decrease of the carbon‐carbon distance within the atomic layers of graphite crystals, and the increase of the distance between the layers, found by Hofmann and Wilm for extremely small graphite particles in comparison with normal graphite, are both a direct consequence of the nature of the two types of binding forces involved here (homopolar bonds, and van der Waals‐London attraction forces, respectively).Keywords
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