Term: petroleum coke
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04522

Definition:
A carbonization product of high-boiling hydrocarbon fractions obtained in petroleum processing (heavy residues). It is the general term for all special petroleum coke products such as green, calcined and needle petroleum coke.

Note: High-boiling hydrocarbon fractions (heavy residues) used as feedstock for petroleum @C01142@ are residues from distillation (atmospheric pressure, vacuum) or @C01387@ (e.g. thermal, catalytic, steam-based) processes. The nature of feedstock has a decisive influence on the graphitizability of the @C00774@.

Related Terms:
1) coke (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01142).
2) cracking (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01387).
3) calcined coke (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C00774).
4) carbonization (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C00840).
5) green (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02697).
6) needle (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04095-1).
7) coke (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04095-2).

Source: PAC, 1995, 67, 473. 'Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 499 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567030473)

Citation: 'petroleum coke' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04522

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