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Ore mineral

Flake Graphite

Crystalline carbon in flat sheets. Large flakes command a premium because they can be rounded into battery anode material.

What it is

Crystalline carbon in flat sheets. Large flakes command a premium because they can be rounded into battery anode material.

Materials that come from it

Material	Role	Grade note
Graphite	The mineral itself	5-15% graphitic carbon in ore

Graphite

Pure carbon in soft, slippery sheets — the same stuff as pencil lead — and the material that holds the lithium when a…

Battery MaterialsC

Flake Graphite

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