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Carbon materials have a long history in human societies. The history reaches from a dye pigment for cave painting to electrical and thermal conductors in big‐scale industrial processes. The modern production of iron, steel, and aluminum would not be possible without industrial carbon materials like graphite electrodes, carbon anodes, and refractory materials. Further, modern electronics would not exist without the help of graphite materials during their production. Finally, stiff and lightweight structures can be obtained with carbon fiber reinforced composites. Bulk materials like carbon blacks are essential for automotive tires and for paints and in the rubber industry. Activated carbon materials help keep our environment clean. Mentioning all the other plentiful applications would go beyond the scope.

With nanoscaled allotropes, the element carbon is just recently reinventing itself. Two Nobel Prizes were granted for fullerenes and graphenes. Prominent industrial applications are expected to follow.

However, in general the knowledge about industrial carbon and graphite materials is restricted to a small community of experts. In fact, information about their raw materials, production, and applications are not easily available in one comprehensive compendium. Information has to be gathered from various sources. For many decades, the Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Technical Chemistry has been one of these sources.

Thus, the editors combined updated single existing chapters of the Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Technical Chemistry to the backbone of one comprehensive book about technical carbon and graphite materials. New chapters have been added to complete the overview.

The content of the book is completed by the IUPAC nomenclature on carbon as a solid.

This book is addressed to a widened circle of interested people from academia, students, and commercial and technical employees in various industries.

The editors thank all authors for their support and the publisher for his uncomplaining cooperation.

The Editors, June 2018

Hubert Jäger

Wilhelm Frohs