“…In this processes the important factors are the coke types and the mixing ratio of coke and binder, but at the same time, to obtain high density blocks of graphite, the steps of impregnation, drying and calcination need to be repeated, and this represents a critical problem because to repeat the impregnation and calcination processes can increase the manufacturing costs and time. In order to eliminate these deficiencies, many studies were achieved to investigate other advanced methods, such as using of mesophase powder (Li et al, 2011;Zhao et al, 2013;Cheng et al, 2015), mesoporous carbon microbeads (MCMB) (Fang et al, 2015;Shen et al, 2011), self-sintering coke (Kocaefe et al, 2016), or adding a sintering agent (Shen et al, 2013).…”