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We consider the possibility that carbon, in the form of the allotrope carbyne, might form in the atmosphere of the white dwarf in a cataclysmic variable system, and be expelled from the system by radiation pressure. It seems that, under some circumstances, cataclysmic variable systems may indeed have carbon dust in their vicinity.
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Albinson, J.S., Evans, A. (1987). Possible Role of the White Dwarf in Grain Formation in Cataclysmic Variable Systems. In: Drechsel, H., Kondo, Y., Rahe, J. (eds) Cataclysmic Variables. Recent Multi-Frequency Observations and Theoretical Developments. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3801-4_62
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