What is Graphite?
What is Graphite And Where Does Graphite Come From?We’ve written a lot in this blog about our primary material, graphite. So what is graphite? The word graphite comes from the Greek word graphein, which means "write" (due to it's use as pencil lead). As for the molecular structure, Graphite is made from carbon atoms, which have four valence electrons. While natural graphite occurs primarily in metamorphic rock mined in many countries from South America to Eastern Asia, we want to clarify that when we talk about graphite in most industrial applications, we are discussing synthetic graphite (so this is the...
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