Title: lamp black
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - lamp black
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.L03448
Status: current

Definition
A special type of carbon black produced by incomplete combustion of a fuel rich in aromatics that is burned in flat pans. lamp black is characterized by a relatively broad particle size distribution.

Related Terms
- carbon black: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/C00824
- lamp: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/L03447

Source
- PAC, 1995, 67, 473. 'Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 496 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567030473)

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Citation: Citation: 'lamp black' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.L03448
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