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Pitch for direct spinning into carbon fibers derived from a steam cracker tar feedstock

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5755433
A pitch suitable for carbon fiber manufacture features a pitch having a weight content of between 80 and 100 percent toluene insolubles and greater than about 10 percent quinoline insolubles. The pitch is derived from a deasphaltenated middle fraction of a feedstock. The pitch is characterized as being relatively free of impurities and ash. The pitch can be spun directly into carbon fibers.
Assignee:
E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company
Patent Number(s):
US 4548704
OSTI ID:
5755433
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English