ruru whakapapa karbona
Ko te whiu karbona hei whakamahere materiana moeone ki te tirohanga hou e whai ake nei, e hangaia ana i te wehenga o te kaha nui me te mana motuhake o te mīhini. E kitea nei te materiana nei hei noho rite tonu i waenganui i ngā mahi ā-poroiti me ngā whakamahi ā-tāhuhu. Ko te kākahu e mau nei i te ira karbona e tuhi ana, e whakariterite ana i te pae whiu, ka pai hei whakamahi mo ngā whakamahi ā-rohe. Kei te mōhio te kākahu nei i tana kiriwhero matangaro, e whai ana i te kaha tomo nui, e hirango ana i te 3000 ki te 7000 MPa, ahakoa ko tana mīhini kei te iti nui rawa. Ko te whiu o te materiana nei e whakaatu ana i ngā tūru karbona kotahi mano, e noho ana i roto i te whiu whakatūpato, e āhei ana ki te whakapakari i te kākahu. Ko tēnei whakaaetanga taunaki e āhei ana ki te whakarite i te urupa huringa, e taea ana e ia te tirotiro i ngā wāhanga hinga ki te 500°C, ahakoa ko tana whakauru hangarau e tuturu ana. Ko te pae whiu e āhei ana ki te whakahaere me te whakamahi, ka pai hei whakamahi mo ngā kaupapa nui. Ko te materiana anō e āhei ana ki te whakarite i ngā whakamahi ā-rawea me te whakamahi whakawehewe, he mea nui mo ngā whakamahi i roto i ngā horopaki whakapae. Ko ōna whenu i te whakahaere ā-mata o te āporo e āhei ana ki te whakamahi i te whakarite ā-mata o te ēmetikema, ahakoa ko tana huinga huringa ā-huarere iti nui rawa e āhei ana ki te whakapai i te tirohanga nui i waenganui i ngā wāhanga huringa.