What is carbon used for?

  

Graphite:



  • Battery electrodes
High-strength composites in:
  • Helicopter blades
  • Tennis rackets 


  • Golf club shafts
  • Artificial heart valves
  • Lubricants

Activated carbon:

  • Filtration and purification filters for adsorption of impurities
  • Fuel/energy

Coke: 

  • Reduction of metals from ores 

Buckminster Fullerenes: 

  • Lubricants 
  • Catalysts 
  • Polymers 
  • Superconducting Materials

Carbon Black or Lampblack:

  • Pigment in black ink
  • Automobile tires
  • Carbon rods in dry-cell battery
 

Diamonds: 


 
  • Ornaments 
  • Cutting, grinding, and polishing tools
  • Styluses in high-quality record players 
  • Anvils for creating GigaPascal pressures 
  • Scratch-resistant coating