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Carbon fibrils

US5707916A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 1, 1991
Grant dateJan 13, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 1, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/30
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A volume of carbon fibrils that includes a multiplicity of fibrils having a morphology consisting of vermicular tubes that are free of a continuous thermal carbon overcoat and have graphite layers that are substantially parallel to the fibril axis and a process for preparing such fibrils.

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