TABLE 4
U.S. PRODUCTION OF SYNTHETIC GRAPHITE, BY END USE
1992                        1993
End use                     Quantity      Value         Quantity      Value
(metric tons)  (thousands)  (metric tons)  (thousands)
---    .-            ,---


Anodes'                                                                 
   W
Cloth and fibers (low-modulus)                                          
  255                $2'
Crucibles and vessels and refractoriesi                                 
    W
Electric motor brushes and machined shapes                              
 1,339                14
Electrodes                                                             161,278
               33'
Graphite articles'                                                      
    -                 21
High-modulus fibers                                                     
3,345                14'
Unmachined graphite shapes                                              
3,152                 2'
Other                                                                   
8,771                 5'
Total                                                               178,140
               62
Synthetic graphite powder and scrap'                                    69,762
                3
Grand total4                                                        247,902
              66'
W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
'Anodes, crucibles/vessels and refractories end products are included in
the 'Other' products category.
2Includes all items for which quantity data are usually unavailable.
'Includes lubricants (alone/in greases), ateelmakig cabonraisers, additives
in metallurgy, ad other powder data.
4Data may not add to totals shown because of indepeadentrounding.


w
!2,599
w
6,510
16,155
8,364
5,622
3,752
4,765
!7,767
4,808
i2,575


w
37
w
1,147
154,339
4,045
4,238
8,589
172,395
69,072
241,468


TABLE S
U.S. CONSUMPTION OF NATURAL GRAPHITE, BY USE


Uses


1991
1992:
Batteries
Brake linings
Carbon products'
Crucibles, retorts, stoppers,
sleeves and nozzles
Foundries4
Lubricant group:
Lubricants
Packing; other'
Pencils
Powdered metals
Refractories
Rubber
Steelmaking
Othet'
Withheld uses
Total
1993:
Batteries
Brake linings
Carbon products'
See footmotes at end of table.


Crystalline
Quantity        Value
(metric tons)   (thousands)
20,482        $31,221


146
2,221
619
w
864
764
3,759
2,670
1,739
9,147
100
w
1,156
1,083
24,268
w
1,666
561


303
3,016
1,912
w
936
1,197
5,402
3,661
3,426
12,067
235
w
2,256
1,538
35,949
w
2,270
1,621


Amorphous'
Quantity        Value
(metric tons)  (thousands)
15,951        $11,274


5,145
625
w
1,888
2,337
143
261
225
3,812
491
w
1,167
1,412
17,506
w
5,053
493


4,307
438
w
1,006
1,357
247
179
204
1,551
397
w
1,238
921
11,845
w
4,214
331


GRAPHN1E-1993


W
$4,536
w
18,737
368,921
38,663
158,343
27,643
45,479
662,322
36,388
698,711


Total


Quantity
(metric tons)
236,434
146
7,366
1,244
1,029
2,752
3,101
3,902
2,931
1,964
12,959
591
1,466
2,323
41,774
606
6,719
1,054


Value
(thousands)
$42,495
303
7,323
2,350
1,434
1,942
2,554
5,649
3,840
3,630
13,618
632
1,025
3,494
47,794
1,409
6,484
1,952




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