Article | REF: BN3741 V1

Graphites and C/C Composites for Generation IV Nuclear Reactors

Authors: Patrick DAVID, Lionel GOSMAIN

Publication date: November 10, 2020, Review date: September 28, 2021

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2. Fabrication, microstructures, characteristics and properties

2.1 Graphites

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2.1.1 Raw materials and manufacturing processes

Polycrystalline graphites are obtained by mixing a powder and a binder. Powders can be petroleum cokes, coal pitch cokes (the residue of tar distillation, itself a by-product of coal pyrogenation), oil shale cokes, natural or artificial graphites, or carbon blacks. For the manufacture of nuclear-grade graphite, petroleum cokes or coal tar pitch are mainly used.

There are several different manufacturing processes for nuclear graphite,...

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