TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The crosslinking agent is sulfur (preferred), quinone, oxidizing agents and/or inorganic carbenes. The crosslinking agent comprises ammonium thiosulfate ((NH4)2S2O3), sodium chlorate (NaClO3), oxygen, chlorates, dichromates and/or persulfates. The crosslinking agent comprises tin chloride and/or lead chloride. The mesophase component of the pitch comprises 60-100% (preferably 90-100%) of the pitch. The mesophase pitch is derived from coal tar or petroleum. The sulfur-mesophase pitch mixture comprises 1-10% (preferably 4-6%) of sulfur. The conductive graphite foam comprises an interlayer spacing of 3.354-3.365 degrees A. Preferred Method: The method further comprises: pressurizing the sulfur-mesophase pitch mixture to form a pressurized sulfur-mesophase pitch mixture; heating the pressurized sulfur-mesophase pitch mixture to 450-690 degrees C to form a heated, pressurized sulfur-mesophase pitch mixture; and baking the green foam to form the graphitizable carbon foam. The sulfur-mesophase pitch mixture is pressurized to a pressure of no greater than 500 (preferably 30-100) psi. The method further comprises heating the graphitizable carbon foam to create conductive graphite foam. The step of heating the graphitizable carbon foam comprises baking the graphitizable carbon foam at 2800-3100 degrees C. EXAMPLE - A coal tar-based mesophase pitch with a modified Conradson carbon weight percent of 97% and a Mettler softening point of 312 degrees C was ground to pass through a Tyler 40 mesh sieve. Sufficient elemental sulfur was added to provide 4 wt.% sulfur based on the mass of the mesophase pitch. Elemental sulfur (9 g) was added to mesophase pitch (230 g). The pitch and sulfur mixture (190 g) was placed in aluminum pan. The pan was sealed in a pressure vessel, and subsequently purged of air by nitrogen. The reactor with the pitch/sulfur mixture was pressurized to 50 psig and maintained at that pressure throughout the duration of the foaming process. The mixture was heated at 100 degrees C per hour to 570 degrees C and held for 5 hours at that temperature. The foam was allowed to cool to room temperature, and then the pressure was released. The resultant green foam has a yield of 94.5 wt.%. The green foam was then heated under an argon purge at a rate of 60 degrees C per hour to 850 degrees C and maintained at 850 degrees C for 2 hours. The resultant highly graphitizable foam exhibited a baked yield of 95.4 wt.%. The highly graphitizable carbon foam was then graphitized at 3000 degrees C under an argon purge thus providing a graphitized foam product with a density of 0.18 g/cm3 and a specific resistivity of about 48 micro-ohmmeters.