Ikirangantego cya karubone gifite amateka maremare. Graphite ni isoform yibintu bya karubone. Mu 1971, Reta zunzubumwe zamerika zize neza uburyo bwo gufunga ibintu bya grafite byoroshye, byakemuye kumeneka kwingufu za atome. Nyuma yo gutunganywa byimbitse, igishushanyo cyoroshye gihinduka ibikoresho byiza byo gufunga, bikozwe mubidodo bitandukanye bya karubone hamwe ningaruka zo gufunga ibice. Ikirangantego cya karubone gikoreshwa mu miti, peteroli, inganda zikoresha amashanyarazi nkubushyuhe bwo hejuru bwamazi.
Kuberako imiterere ya grafite ihindagurika ikorwa no kwaguka kwagutse nyuma yubushyuhe bwo hejuru, ingano ya agent intercalating isigaye muri flexible graphite ni nto cyane, ariko ntabwo yuzuye, bityo kubaho no guhimba kwa intercalation bigira ingaruka zikomeye kumiterere no mubikorwa byibicuruzwa.
