Well said and concur with your SPG assessment as to the stringent requirements for any new chemical or conductive additive, specifically field qualifications, strict adherence guidelines to government, transportation and safety regulations, and consumer protection statutes.
IMERYS constructed a thermal purification system in Bodio, Switzerland in 2006 to create high purity coarse flake and micronized flake graphite for fuel cells, alkaline, lubricants, carbon brush, PM, polymers and primary battery applications. Since IMERYS Graphite & Carbon is within the energy solutions and specialties division of IMERYS, it is near impossible to obtain costing for their thermal purification operation, hence difficult to add to my thermal purification analysis, including the hydro input costs in China.
IMERYS' expanded graphite is produced in Terrebonne, QC Canada from graphite salts produced the their Chinese facility. IMERYS Graphite & Carbon Expanded graphite is sold to fuel cells, ceramics, polymers, and primary batteries under the brands TIMERX and C-Therm.
