Acheson graphite

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Cross section of an Acheson furnace

Acheson graphite is a man-made graphite made in electric furnaces by heating coke in the presence of silicon . It is used as a heat-resistant lubricant .

It was named after its inventor Edward Goodrich Acheson .

literature

Bernhard Neumann: Textbook of chemical technology and metallurgy . Volume 1 (Fuels, Inorganic Industries). Published by Julius Springer, Berlin 1939, p. 432f