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Impregnation pitch with improved filterability and process for its manufacture

US4997542A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 18, 1988
Grant dateMar 5, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10C1/19
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An impregnation pitch having a Kraemer-Sarnow softening point ranging from about 60.degree. C. to 80.degree. C., a content of quinoline-insoluble substances less than or equal to 7% by weight, and a filterability index greater than or equal to 4.5. A process for the manufacture thereof, wherein a tar or a pitch having a Kraemer-Sarnow softening point not exceeding 60.degree. C. and a content of quinoline-insoluble substances below or equal to 7% by weight is subjected to a thermal treatment capable of removing constituents with a molecular mass of below 1,200.

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