graphite "in a nutshell", page-3

Uses for Graphite


Traditional Uses

- Carbon steel forging
- Pencils
- Valves
- Dry cell batteries
- Refractory bricks to line blast furnaces
- Sport equipment (ie Tennis )


New Uses

- Fuel cells green energy initiatives and for Electric Vehicles
- Ceramics and ceramic fibres
- Memory chips & superconductors
- Super high strength composites.
- Lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles
- Pebble bed nuclear reactors