PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBON BODIES FROM COKE WITHOUT AUXILIARY BINDER

1. A process for the manufacture of molded carbon bodies from coke containing up to 25% of volatile constituents without additional binding agents and without pressure molding by heating in two steps characterised by comminuting a coke or a coke mixture containing from 5 to 25% of volatile constituents to a grain size below 1% of the thickness of the molded body, filling the coke into a mold and heating it at a high heating rate to 450 degrees C without additional compressive deformation and thereafter heating slowly to the final temperature K of at least 850 degrees C, over a heating-up period t, which depends on the layer thickness S and is given by the equation : t = ((2.S)/42)**1.6 .(K-450)/400 when t is inserted in days, S in mm and K in degrees C, wherein S is the largest distance between the surface of the molded body and its axis of symmetry parallel to the heating surface, which is reduced for hollow bodies by the part of the distance in the hollow space.