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Can industrial induction furnaces heat graphite?

Can industrial induction furnaces heat graphite?

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Graphite, though conductive, is not a metal. It seems that it doesn't conduct magnetism, so it seems infeasible to heat the graphite directly in an industrial induction cooker.
The material can only be guided by magnetism. The magnetic flux can not produce eddy current, so there is no way to generate heat by eddy current. Graphite, though conductive, is not a metal. It seems that it doesn't conduct magnetism, so it seems infeasible to heat the graphite directly in an industrial induction cooker. But you can heat something else and heat it by heat. I wonder if I can help you, huh?!
However, it can heat something else and then heat the graphite by heat transfer.
The material can only be guided by magnetism. The magnetic flux can not produce eddy current, so there is no way to generate heat by eddy current.

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