The condensation of vaporized graphite leads to the formation of partially graphitized carbon, which indicates high-temperatures, supposedly higher than 1000 °C, during the condensation.

What type of compound is graphite?

However, graphite is an element and not a compound, and graphite is typically considered a mineral (by definition a mineral cannot be organic), so an argument can be made for its inorganic nature. The element carbon is unique in that it probably forms more compounds than all of the other elements combined.

Is graphite a layered structure?

As previously touched upon, graphite has a planar, layered structure; each layer being made up of carbon atoms linked together in a hexagonal lattice. ... Each individual, two dimensional, one atom thick layer of sp2 bonded carbon atoms in graphite is separated by 0.335nm.