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Process for producing mesophase pitch

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6322650
A substantially uniform mesophase pitch is prepared by treating a mesophase forming pitch material at elevated temperatures above about 380/sup 0/ C. to produce a mixture of mesophase and non-mesophase pitch containing about 20% to about 80% mesophase. The mixture is then maintained at a temperature below about 400/sup 0/ C. for a time sufficient to allow the mesophase to coalesce and settle as a lower separable layer. A mesophase pitch so produced may contain from 90 to 100% mesophase with a softening point of less than 320/sup 0/ C.
Assignee:
Toa Nenryo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
Patent Number(s):
US 4533461
OSTI ID:
6322650
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English