Petroleum coke with and without addition of 5 mass % LaB
6 or MoSi
2 was ground by alumina mortar for up to 100 h and then heat-treated at 1500 °C and 2500 °C for 1 h. The ground powders and the heat-treated powders were investigated by microscopy and X-ray analysis to clarify a change of morphology and structure of the powder. Electrical resistivity of sintered compact prepared from the ground powder was examined. Grinding treatment made the particle of the coke powder smaller and roundish up to 30 h independently of the additive. Dense sintered compacts were obtained from the ground powder, especially from the powder containing LaB
6, at 2500 °C. The ground powder, whose structure was amorphous, had a tendency not to graphitize easily. By 1500 °C heat treatment, the additive had no effect on the structural change of the powder. On the other hand, addition of LaB
6 caused an increase of interlayer spacing and a suppression of lowering in crystallite size by 2500 °C heat treatment. Addition of LaB
6 or MoSi
2 lowered electrical resistivity of the sintered compact obtained at 2500 °C.
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