Shipments Of Synthetic Graphite By U.S. Companies, By End Use

TABLE 3
SHIPMENTS OF SYNTHETIC GRAPHITE BY U.S. COMPANIES, BY END USE¹

	Quantity	Value
End use	(metric tons)	(thousands)
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
2007:
Anodes	W	W
Cloth and fibers (low modulus)	W	189,000
Crucibles and vessels, refractories	W	W
Electric motor brushes and machined shapes	849	W
Electrodes	137,000	595,000
High-modulus fibers	W	W
Unmachined graphite shapes	8,930	96,700
Synthetic graphite powder and scrap²	W	W
Other	W	9,170
Total	198,000	1,180,000
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.