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Conductive expandable carbonaceous paste material
Assignee: Graftech International Holdings Inc
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Filing: 1991-02-21
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Granted: 1992-12-01
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Expires: 2011-02-21
Abstract
Abstract An expandable carbonaceous paste comprising natural graphite flakes and expandable graphite flakes such as acid treated graphite flakes, mixed with a hydrocarbon viscous liquid such as tar so that when the paste is exposed to heat, the paste will expand and have good thermal conductivity characteristics and then upon further heating the paste will convert to a rigid carbon structure.
Inventors
- 👤 Harvey E. Willey
- 👤 William R. Clark
- 👤 Harold L. King
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-31 06:14
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/622; C04B35/626; C04B35/63; C04B35/632; C04B35/515; C04B35/52; C04B35/536; C04B35/66; C04B2235/00; C04B2235/02; C04B2235/30; C04B2235/42; C04B2235/422; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24058; Y10T428/24066
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
50 words
An expandable carbonaceous composition comprising particulate expandable graphite flakes and an effective amount of particulate non-expandable carbonaceous material mixed with from 15 to 60 weight percent of hydrocarbon viscous liquid in which the composition when exposed to heat will expand due to the presence of the particulate expandable graphite flakes.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
50 words
An expandable carbonaceous composition comprising particulate expandable graphite flakes and an effective amount of particulate non-expandable carbonaceous material mixed with from 15 to 60 weight percent of hydrocarbon viscous liquid in which the composition when exposed to heat will expand due to the presence of the particulate expandable graphite flakes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The expandable carbonaceous composition of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon viscous liquid is tar.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The expandable carbonaceous composition of claim 2 wherein the particulate carbonaceous material is graphite flakes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The expandable carbonaceous composition of claim 3 wherein the hydrocarbon viscous liquid is tar.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
The expandable carbonaceous composition of claim 4 wherein said particulate carbonaceous graphite flakes comprises from 40 to 80 weight percent, said particulate expandable graphite flakes comprises from 6 to 25 weight percent; and said tar comprises from 15 to 60 weight percent of the composition.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
The expandable carbonaceous composition of claim 5 wherein said particulate carbonaceous graphite flakes comprises from 50 to 70 weight percent; said expandable graphite flakes comprises from 7 to 15 weight percent; and said tar comprises from 20 to 50 weight percent of the paste.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
The expandable carbonaceous paste of claim 1 wherein a plasticizer is added to the paste, said plasticizer selected from the group consisting of fatty acids and soap and wherein the plasticizer is from 1.5 to 10 weight percent of the paste.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
46 words
The expandable carbonaceous composition of claim 7 wherein said non-expandable particulate carbonaceous graphite flakes comprises from 40 to 80 weight percent; said particulate expandable graphite flakes comprises from 6 to 25 weight percent; and said tar comprises from 15 to 60 weight percent of the paste.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
13 words
The expandable carbonaceous composition of claim 8 wherein said plasticizer is stearic acid.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The expandable carbonaceous composition of claim 9 where the paste further comprises soap and said soap is from 1.5 to 8 weight percent of the paste.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
The expandable carbonaceous composition of claim 2 wherein said tar has a coking value of at least 20%.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
The expandable carbonaceous composition of claim 7 wherein said particulate carbonaceous material is graphite flakes; said particulate said hydrocarbon viscous liquid is tar; and said plasticizer is stearic acid.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
13 words
The expandable carbonaceous composition of claim 12 wherein the paste further comprises soap.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
46 words
The expandable carbonaceous composition of claim 13 wherein said graphite flakes comprises 60 weight percent; said expandable graphite flakes comprises 10 weight percent; said tar comprises 25 weight percent; and said soap comprises 2.5 weight percent; and said soap comprises 2.5 weight percent of the paste.
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