Title: metallurgical coke
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - metallurgical coke
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.M03866
Status: current

Definition
Metallurgical coke is produced by carbonization of coals or coal blends at temperatures up to \(1400\ \rm{K}\) to produce a macroporous carbon material of high strength and relatively large lump size.

Note
Metallurgical cokes must have a high strength to support heavy loads in the blast furnace without disintegration. Metallurgical coke is also used as filler coke for polygranular carbon products.

Related Terms
- carbon material: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C00841
- carbonization: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C00840
- coke: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01142
- filler coke: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/F02364
- polygranular carbon: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/P04730

Source
- PAC, 1995, 67, 473. 'Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 497 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567030473)

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Citation: Citation: 'metallurgical coke' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.M03866
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