A
carbonization product of high-boiling hydrocarbon fractions obtained in petroleum processing (heavy
residues). It is the general term for all special petroleum
coke products such as
green, calcined and
needle petroleum
coke.
Note:
High-boiling hydrocarbon fractions (heavy residues) used as feedstock for petroleum
coke are residues from distillation (atmospheric pressure, vacuum) or
cracking (e.g. thermal, catalytic, steam-based) processes. The nature of feedstock has a decisive
influence on the graphitizability of the
calcined coke.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 473
(Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations
1995))
on page 499
Cite as:
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.
