Talk:Glassy carbon

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I think this should be merged with amorphous carbon, or a subsection added in that article. It should also be noted that "glass" is misplaced here: the material is not cooled form a carbon melt.--Joel 16:49, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

But glassy carbon is not amorphous. This from IUPAC: "Glass-like carbon cannot be described as amorphous carbon because it consists of two-dimensional structural elements and does not exhibit ‘dangling’ bonds." .--Scsharip 9 Jan 2006

Glassy carbon, Carbon nanotubes, and Fullerenes should all be kept seperate from amorphous carbon. Instead of merging articles, why don't we work on getting pictures so we can know the appearance of the substance? --Ruff 23:27, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

I just added a link to another supplier - is that frowned upon?

Wikipedia is for all valid science even when IUPAC fails to define it. Glass and Glassy are two different words. Glassy need not be cooled from a melt or even a glass at all. It must simply be Glass like or Glassy. The Fullerenic carbon we call glassy carbon is not a glass and certainly not amorphous. The well defined molecular order including semispheres of C60 and C72 like walls demonstrate a fullerene like order throughout. When IUPAC catches up to the rest of us, they too will call it fullerenic. links to anyone prividing valuable technical or descriptive information on their web site is always good.

[edit] Contradictory statements in Production

First paragraph: "It was first produced by workers at the laboratories of The General Electric Company, UK, in the early 1960s,"

Second paragraph: "It was first produced in the laboratories of The Carborundum Company, Trafford Park, Manchester, UK, in the mid 1950's by Bernard Redfern (BR)"

huh? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.37.25.28 (talk) 15:38, 21 March 2008 (UTC)