What Are Carbon And Graphite Electrodes And How It Can Help Us? Graphite and carbon electrodes offer excellent thermal resistance, and graphite comes with high current carrying capacity so that it can be a highly suitable choice in electric arc furnaces steel and other kinds of applications. A carbon electrode is considered as the standard type of electrode which is formed from the element carbon. After that, it can be divided into different types, such as natural graphite electrode, carbon electrode, artificial graphite electrode, special carbon electrode, etc. In general, the natural graphite electrodes are highly useful, and it can be utilized in various applications. First of all, it is being used as the electric arc furnace electrodes, but the artificial one is also used for various alkali metals, electrolytic electrodes, alkali earth metals, etc.
Importance of Carbon Electrode: Most importantly, the carbon electrode is also used as an electrolysis electrode, or it is also used in the form of a dry battery electrode for aluminum and magnesium, etc. The special carbon electrode has a spongy carbon electrode similar to the carbon fiber, which is used in a fuel cell. There are also glassy carbon electrodes which are made by using thermosetting resins; these kinds of materials are highly pure at the same time