Natural flake graphite powder is widely used in the fields of conductive coatings, glass manufacturing, lubricant formation, metallic alloys, nuclear reactors, powder metallurgy, and structural materials.
Natural graphite has found uses as the marking material ("lead") in common pencils, in zinc-carbon batteries, in electric motor brushes, and in various applications.
Aluminum/graphite composites for bearings, pistons, and liners in engines;
Carbon adsorbents for gas chromatography;
Cupper/graphite and silver/graphite nanocomposites for electrical brushes and contact strips;
Inorganic filler (graphite/polymer nanocomposites);
Support materials for precision metal powder catalysts Graphite/polymer nanocomposites for enhanced electrical conductivity;
Metal matrix composites for reduced friction.
Flaky graphite is also used in vanadium redox batteries and nuclear reactors. Vanadium redox batteries use the chemical properties of vanadium and graphite to reliably store excess energy for a long time. Nuclear reactors wrap uranium in large graphite spheres.
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