tozero, a European startup specialising in sustainable lithium-ion battery recycling, has achieved a major breakthrough by ...

German lithium-ion battery recycler Tozero says it has achieved a breakthrough by producing battery-grade recycled graphite ...

Mixing powdered graphite with clay and forming the mixture into rods that were then fired in a kiln. By varying the ratio of graphite to clay, the hardness of the graphite rod could be modified.

The pencil “lead” is actually a mixture of graphite and clay. More clay in the mixture makes the lead harder. A harder lead has a higher number. Pencils are numbered from 1-3 but most people use a ...

The material withstands 58 percent more stress than diamonds, and could have "remarkable mechanical properties".

“A piece of graphite ore was used as an eyebrow cosmetic and a mixture of cinnabar and animal glue was used as a lipstick or blusher,” it explained. Some of the items, though, may have ...