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calcined coke

A petroleum coke or coal-derived pitch coke obtained by heat treatment of green coke to about 1600 K. It will normally have a hydrogen content of less than 0.1 wt.%.
Note:
Calcined coke is the main raw material for the manufacture of polygranular carbon and polygranular graphite products (e.g. carbon and graphite electrodes).
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 473 (Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 479
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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