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needle coke [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coke
DEF

A special type of coke with extremely high graphitizability resulting from a strong preferred parallel orientation of its turbostratic layer structure and a particular physical shape of the grains.

CONT

Needle coke obtained from delayed coking process is a highly sought-after product, which is used in electric arc furnaces (in the form of graphite electrodes) in steel making applications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cokes
DEF

Coke structuré en forme d'aiguille.

CONT

Le coke en aiguilles obtenu à partir du procédé de cokéfaction retardée est un produit très recherché, qui est employé dans les fours à arc électriques (sous la forme d'électrodes de graphite) dans les applications de fabrication de l'acier.

Spanish

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