METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS CARBON OR GRAPHITE

The invention relates to a method for producing porous carbon or graphite. The aim of the invention is to create an easily implemented method for economically producing porous carbon or graphite from renewable raw materials, said method allowing mechanical post-processing for the production of any moulded parts for use as construction elements, moulds, or containers. This aim is achieved by filling pulverised dry or dried wheat or rice starch into a mould/a container (1) as a compact mass (2); compressing/compacting the mass (2) in the mould/the container (1); initiating a shrinkage process by heating the mass (2) in the filled mould/container (1) in a kiln to a first temperature level of 170 °C - 450 °C in an oxidising or inert atmosphere; stabilising the heated mass (2) over an extended period of time, then slowly heating the mass (2) further in the kiln in a heating ramp for carbonisation at a second temperature level to > 1,000 °C or, for graphitisation, to > 2,500 °C under shielding gas to form the most compact blank (5) possible; and removing the compact blank (5) from the mould/the container.