Classification of Carbon Electrode Blocks/Paste

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.... electrode paste in lump or block form would be classified as and "electrode" under sub-heading 8545. The product made by grinding of anthracite coal/calcined petroleum coke/metallurgical coke and mixing of binder pitch and heating to 17000°C, in paste form known as soderberg paste of lining mix, is properly classified under sub-heading 3801. But when it is in block form the question raises wheth....

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.... following particulars. Carbon Electrode Paste manufactured Electrode (a) Carbon Electrode Paste softens on heating and loses its original shape. (a) Neither softens nor loses its shape on heating. Remains Stable at high temperature (b) Very poor conductor of electricity. (b) Excellent conductor of electricity. (c) High resistivity (c) Low resistivity. (d) Cannot stand thermal sh....