Carbon-containing materials

US6958370B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The University of Melbourne · AU

Inventors

• Greg Guanghua Qiao · Melbourne, AU
• David Henry Solomon · Cockatoo, AU
• Raymond Walter Shaw · New Gisborne, AU
• Drago D. Juric · Melbourne, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 2000
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2005
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C04B35/532
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a composition suitable for the preparation of a carbon-containing material including: (i) a binder phase containing organic resin component or polymer composite; (ii) mesophase carbon; and (iii) optionally filler particles. The invention further relates to a method for preparing a carbon-containing material including the steps of: (a) mixing a binder phase containing an organic resin component or polymer composite with mesophase carbon and optionally filler particles; (b) curing the mixture; and (c) heating the cured mixture. The invention also provides an article which is wholly or partly manufactured from the carbon-containing material defined above.