I-graphite powder, njengento ebalulekileyo ekrwada kwimizi-mveliso, idlala indima ephambili kwiinkalo ezininzi ezineempawu ezikhethekileyo zomzimba kunye neekhemikhali. Iipropathi zayo zokusebenza zisuka kulwakhiwo lwekristale elelelweyo yegraphite, eyinika amandla ombane abalaseleyo, ukuthambisa, ukuxhathisa{1}} kobushushu obuphezulu, kunye nokuzinza kweekhemikhali.
Okokuqala, i-graphite powder's conductivity egqwesileyo yombane iyenza ibe yinto eyimfuneko kwishishini le-elektroniki. Ngenxa yokuba iiathom zekhabhoni ezikwimo yegraphite ezidityanisiweyo π iibhondi zisebenzisa i-sp² hybrid orbitals, ii-electron zinokuhamba ngokukhululekileyo phakathi kweeleya, zibonelela ngendlela esebenzayo yokuqhuba. Le propati yenza i-graphite powder isetyenziswe ngokubanzi kwii-electrode zebhetri, iingubo zokuqhuba, kunye nezixhobo ze-antistatic.
Okwesibini, i-graphite powder's layered structure ivumela ukuba yenze ifilimu yokuthambisa ngexesha lokukhuhlana, ukunciphisa kakhulu ukunxiba. Oku kuthambisa kwendalo kwenza umgubo wegraphite ube sisithambisi esiluqilima esifanelekileyo kushishino loomatshini, ngakumbi ngokulungele iimfuno zokuthambisa-kubushushu obuphezulu,{2}}phezulu, okanye iindawo zokufunxa.
Umgubo wegraphite ukwabonisa ukuxhathisa okubalaseleyo- kobushushu obuphezulu, nendawo yokunyibilika ukuya kuma 3650℃, kwaye igcina uzinzo lwesakhiwo nokuba kumaqondo obushushu aphezulu. Le propathi ikhokelele ekusetyenzisweni kwayo ngokubanzi kwi-metallurgical, refractory, kunye nemizi-mveliso ye-aerospace, umzekelo njenge-arhente yokukhupha okanye{3}}imathiriyeli yobushushu obuphezulu be-furnace.
Ukuzinza kweekhemikhali zegraphite powder kubaluleke ngokulinganayo. Iyakwazi ukumelana ne-asidi kunye ne-alkali corrosion kwaye ayisebenzi ngokukhawuleza kwiikhemikhali ezininzi. Ngoko ke, isoloko isetyenziswa kwishishini lemichiza njenge-corrosion{2}}i-resistant coating okanye i-lining material ye-reaction vessels.
Ngamafutshane, umgubo wegraphite, ngenxa yeempawu zayo zokusebenza ezisisiseko ezifana ne-conductivity, i-lubricity, high{0}}ukumelana nobushushu, kunye nozinzo lwekhemikhali, inexabiso elibanzi losetyenziso kushishino lwangoku. Ngenkqubela phambili yezobuchwepheshe, imisebenzi ye-graphite powder iya kwandiswa ngakumbi, inike izisombululo ezisebenzayo kumashishini ahlukeneyo.
