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Research Results For 'Acheson Process'

ACHESON PROCESS

The Acheson process is an industrial process for the manufacture of graphite by heating coke mixed with clay. The reaction involves the production of silicon carbide, which loses silicon at 4150°C to leave graphite. The process was patented in 1896 by the American inventor Edward Acheson.
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