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Process for modifying coal-tar materials

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6463979
The present invention relates to a process for decreasing and modifying the quinoline-insoluble content (Q.I.) of coal-tar materials; and comprises extracting the coal-tar material with a solvent, where the solvent contains at least one of n-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and the wash oil fraction of coal-tar distillate. Pitches with a diminished Q.I. content, lower viscosity and lower average Q.I. particle size, may be prepared from coal-tar materials which have been so treated.
Assignee:
Domtar Inc., Canada
Patent Number(s):
US 4517072
OSTI ID:
6463979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English