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Starting pitches for carbon fibers
Assignee: Eneos Corp
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Filing: 1982-10-20
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Granted: 1984-04-03
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Expires: 2002-10-20
Abstract
Abstract A starting pitch for carbon fibers, obtained by mixing (1) a heavy fraction oil boiling at not lower than 200 DEG C. obtained at the time of steam cracking of petroleum with (2) wax and then heat treating the resulting mixture at a specified temperature and pressure thereby to obtain the starting pitch, the thus obtained starting pitch being heat treated to produce a precursor pitch which is melt spun, infusibilized, carbonized or graphitized to obtain the carbon fibers.
Inventors
- 👤 Seiichi Uemura
- 👤 Shunichi Yamamoto
- 👤 Takao Hirose
- 👤 Hiroaki Takashima
- 👤 Osamu Kato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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CPC Classifications
D; D01; D01F; D01F9/00; D01F9/08; D01F9/12; D01F9/14; D01F9/145; D01F9/155
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
108 words
A starting pitch for carbon fibers, obtained by mixing 100 parts by weight of (1) a heavy fraction oil boiling at not lower than 200° C. obtained at the time of steam cracking of petroleum with (2) 10-200 parts by weight of wax having an average molecular weight of 250-1000 to form a mixture and then heat treating the thus obtained mixture at 360°-480° C. under a pressure of 2-50 Kg/cm 2 .G thereby to obtain the starting pitch for carbon fibers, the starting pitch so obtained being heat treated to produce a precursor pitch which is melt spun, infusibilized, carbonized or graphitized to obtain the carbon fibers.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
108 words
A starting pitch for carbon fibers, obtained by mixing 100 parts by weight of (1) a heavy fraction oil boiling at not lower than 200° C. obtained at the time of steam cracking of petroleum with (2) 10-200 parts by weight of wax having an average molecular weight of 250-1000 to form a mixture and then heat treating the thus obtained mixture at 360°-480° C. under a pressure of 2-50 Kg/cm 2 .G thereby to obtain the starting pitch for carbon fibers, the starting pitch so obtained being heat treated to produce a precursor pitch which is melt spun, infusibilized, carbonized or graphitized to obtain the carbon fibers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A starting pitch according to claim 1, wherein the heavy fraction oil (1) and the wax (2) are mixed together in a mixing ratio by weight of 1:0.1-2.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
A starting pitch according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the wax is at least one member selected from the group consisting of paraffin wax, microcrystalline wax, petrolatum, ozocerite, low molecular weight polyethylene, atactic polypropylene and ethylene-propylene copolymers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
The starting pitch according to claim 1 wherein said heavy fraction oil has a boiling point of 200°-450° C. and is obtained as a by-product at the time of steam cracking naphtha, kerosene or light oil at 700°-1200° C.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The starting pitch according to claim 4 wherein said mixture is heated in a stream of an inert gas.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The starting pitch according to claim 1 wherein said mixture is heated for 3-20 hours.
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