kaihautū mātā karbon
Ko ngā kaihautū whatu karboni he wāhi matua nui ki te hangaranga o nāianei mā te whai i ngā matapae tikangia e hiahiatia ana mō ngā umanga rereke. Ko ēnei kaihautū he tinihanga mō te hanga me te tuku whatu paraihe karboni, he matapae mama, engari he matapae hoki tino kaha e hangaia ana e ngā atomi karboni e hāngai ana ki ētahi puipui mataiti. Ka hangaia ngā whatu mā tētahi tukanga herenga e hiahiatia ai te whatu tata ki ngā tauwāhi pāpaku, ka hua ai he matapae e manawa tika ana i te kaha ki te taumaha, te herekenga ki te wera, me te tūponotanga kimikimi. Ka tiakina e ngā kaihautū te kounga tūhonohono mā ngā tikanga whakamātau whakapūmau, ā, ka pupuri i ngā taiapa maha kia ōrite ki ngā hiahia kiritaki rereke. Ka tukuna e rātou he tauira hua, mai i ngā whatu karboni arataki ki ngā momo tikangia, kaua ko ia e hoahoaia mō ngā whakamahinga motuhake. He nui anō ngā kaihautū e tukuna ana i ngā whiringa tūhuratanga, e taea ai mā ngā kiritaki te tohu i ngā punanga pērā i ngā tauwāhi whatu, te taimaha o te whatu, me ngā wehenga mata. Ka pupuri ngā kaihautū i ngā hononga tūmatanui ki ngā kaihangai i roto i ngā ao haerenga, aunoa, taputapu hākinakina, me te hangaranga, ka tiakina ai te arataki tūroa mō ēnei matapae matua.