Pellets of graphite and carbon black and method of producing

Claim 2

A process for forming composite graphite and carbon black pellets comprising: mixing a graphite with carbon black to form a first mixture comprising carbon black in the range of 2 percent to 50 percent by weight of graphite; mixing a pelleting liquid with said first mixture to form a second mixture; pelleting said second mixture in a pin pelleter to form wet pellets; and drying the wet pellets.

Claim 3

A process as in claim 1 wherein: said first mixture comprises carbon black in the range of 2 percent to 10 percent by weight of graphite.

Claim 4

A process as in claim 1 wherein: said first mixture comprises carbon black in the range of 4 percent to 6 percent by weight of graphite.

Claim 5

A process as in claim 1 wherein: said pelleting liquid is a liquid selected from the group consisting of aqueous solutions of solutes of calcium lignin sulfonate, sodium lignin sulfonate, ammonium lignin sulfonate and molasses.

Claim 6

A process as in claim 4 wherein: said aqueous solutions comprise said solute in the range of about 0.5 percent to about 10 percent by weight of the pelleting liquid.

Claim 7

A process as in claim 5 wherein: said pelleting liquid has a ratio by weight to said first mixture in the range of about 25:75 to about 40:60.

Claim 8

A process as in claim 6 wherein: said ratio is in the range from approximately 30:70 to about 35:65.

Claim 9

A process as in claim 6 wherein: said dry powdered graphite has the following characteristics: ______________________________________ Graphitic Free Carbon, wt. % 87 Silicon Dioxide, wt. % 5 Residual Oxide, wt. %., 8 Sulfur, wt, %., 0.21 Volatile Matter, wt. %., 1.71 CTAB, M.sup.2 /gm., 16 DBP, cc/100 gm., 65 N.sub.2 SA, M.sup.2 gm., 11 Iodine Adsorption, mgm/gm., 24 U.S. Standard Sieve Held on 35 mesh, wt. %., 1.8 Held on 65 mesh, wt. %., 20.6 Held on 100 mesh, wt. %., 16.2 Held on 150 mesh, wt. %., 16.6 Held on 200 mesh, wt. %., 14.2 Held on 325 mesh, wt. %., 14.0 Held on the pan, wt. %., 16.6 Bulk Density, lbs/cu. ft., 49.54 ______________________________________ and the carbon black used is flocculent or loose N330 Carbon Black.

Claim 10

A process as in claim 7 wherein: said carbon black has the following characteristics: ______________________________________ (ASTM) ______________________________________ N.sub.2 SA, M.sup.2 /gm, 85 CTAB M.sup.2 /gm, 82 I.sub.2 No, mg/gm, 87 24M4DBP, cc/100 96 Tint Strength, 96 Photelometer, 71 ______________________________________