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| TABLE 3 | ||||
| SHIPMENTS OF SYNTHETIC GRAPHITE BY U.S. COMPANIES, BY END USE1 | ||||
| Quantity | Value | |||
| End use | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||
| 2005: | ||||
| Anodes | W | W | ||
| Cloth and fibers (low modulus) | W | $162,000 | ||
| Crucibles and vessels, refractories | W | W | ||
| Electric motor brushes and machined shapes | W | W | ||
| Electrodes | 146,000 | 391,000 | ||
| High-modulus fibers | 7,020 | 134,000 | ||
| Unmachined graphite shapes | 9,090 | 85,300 | ||
| Synthetic graphite powder and scrap2 | W | W | ||
| Other | W | W | ||
| Total | 209,000 | 846,000 | ||
| 2006: | ||||
| Anodes | W | W | ||
| Cloth and fibers (low modulus) | W | 174,000 | ||
| Crucibles and vessels, refractories | W | W | ||
| Electric motor brushes and machined shapes | W | W | ||
| Electrodes | 132,000 | 495,000 | ||
| High-modulus fibers | 8,160 | 172,000 | ||
| Unmachined graphite shapes | 8,530 | 86,800 | ||
| Synthetic graphite powder and scrap2 | W | W | ||
| Other | W | 9,430 | ||
| Total | 190,000 | 1,030,000 | ||
| W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in "Total." | ||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||
| 2Includes lubricants (alone/in greases), steelmaking carbon raisers, additives in | ||||
| metallurgy, and other powder data. | ||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program