Densified carbonaceous bodies with improved surface finishes

Patent · Tue Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6774713

Hucke, E E

A method is described of producing a densified carbonaceous body with a superior surface finish, the method comprising the steps of: impregnating a permeable body composed essentially of a fine grained, isotropic graphite with a liquid impregnant containing furfural or furfural alcohol or a mixture thereof, an acid catalyst, and a pore-forming agent comprising a polyalkylene oxide adduct nonionic surfactant; heating the impregnated, permeable body to a temperature which is sufficiently high to polymerize the impregnant; and then heating the body to a temperature which is sufficiently high to pyrolyze the carbon in the polymerized impregnant.

• Assignee: Union Oil Co., Los Angeles, CA
• Patent Number(s): US 4761272
• OSTI ID: 6774713
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 29 Jul 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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