Traditional methods for making graphite involve heating premium needle coke and coal-tar pitch at temperatures above 3,000ºC in a process that requires several days of heating and cooling. A new ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Graphite electrodes are the main heating element used in an electric arc furnace, a steelmaking process where scrap from old cars or appliances is melted to produce new steel.

The outlook for the graphite market is promising due to its usage in the battery industry and energy storage applications, as well as steel-making. With China dominating the natural graphite market, ...

Mohamad Kabbani, a former graduate student of Rice materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan and lead author of the paper, demonstrated the environmentally friendly, scalable process can be done in minutes ...

Researchers crush and press functionalized graphene to make strong, light graphite pellets that hold promise for electronic and catalytic applications. It's easy and economical to make shiny pellets ...

Packing peanuts make shipping fragile objects easy. But the puffy particles become a wasteful nuisance once the shipment is complete. Now researchers report a method to turn them into something useful ...

HANDAN, HEBEI, CHINA, January 23, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — As the global industrial sector enters 2026, a new paradigm of high-efficiency, low-carbon manufacturing ...