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Fibril aggregates and method for making same

US5726116A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 23, 1995
Grant dateMar 10, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2918
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A fibril aggregate that includes a multiplicity of carbon fibrils whose longitudinal axes have substantially the same relative orientation, each of the fibrils characterized as having graphitic layers that are substantially parallel to its longitudinal axis and being free of a continuous thermal carbon overcoat, and a method of preparing such aggregates.

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