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Carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite materials, processes for their production, and first walls of nuclear fusion reactors employing them

US5586152A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 25, 1995
Grant dateDec 17, 1996
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Expiry dateMay 25, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/30
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite material, wherein carbon fibers are oriented substantially in the thickness direction, the ratio of the thermal conductivity in the thickness direction to the thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction is at least 2, and the thermal conductivity in the thickness direction is at least 3 W/cm..degree. C.

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