'Graphitic acid' definitions:
Definition of 'Graphitic acid'
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- Graphitic \Gra*phit"ic\, a. Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling, graphite. [1913 Webster]
- Graphitic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, so called because obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called mellitic acid.
- Graphitic carbon, in iron or steel, that portion of the carbon which is present as graphite. --Raymond. Graphitoid
Definition of 'graphitic acid'
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- Mellitic \Mel*lit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. mellitique. See Mellite.] (Chem.) (a) Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes. (b) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite. [1913 Webster]
- Mellitic acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, organic substance, C6(CO2H)6, occurring naturally in combination with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc., and hence called also graphitic acid. [1913 Webster]