He ʻano graphite maikaʻi a maloʻo ka pauka graphite, he allotrope kalapona kūlohelohe. Hōʻike ia i nā waiwai kūikawā e like me ke alakaʻi wela a me ka uila kiʻekiʻe, ka lubricity, ka inertness kemika, a me ke kūpaʻa wela.