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1998-08-24

1999-10-05

Foelak, Morton

Mineral oils: processes and products

Asphalts, tars, pitches and resins; making, treating and...

106122, 208 22, 208 44, 264 291, 264 297, 521918, 423445R, 4234474, C10C 100, C01B 3100

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059618140

ABSTRACT:
An improved process for the preparation of a pitch foam with a microcellular structure and a uniform pore size comprises the steps of (a) pressing a quantity of a pitch to provide a pressed article, (b) placing the pressed article in a pressure vessel, (c) introducing an inert gas into the pressure vessel under an elevated pressure of about 200 to 500 psi, (d) heating the pressed article within the pressure vessel to about 10.degree. to 40.degree. C. above the melting temperature of the pitch, (e) introducing additional inert gas, under pressure, to obtain a final pressure within the pressure vessel of about 1000 to 1500 psi, (f holding the pressure vessel and the compressed article under pressure for about 10 to 40 minutes, (g) venting the pressure vessel to atmospheric pressure, thereby providing a porous foam, (h) stabilizing the porous foam at an elevated temperature in an oxygen-containing environment, and (i) cooling the resulting, stabilized porous foam to ambient temperature at a cooling rate of about 0.1.degree. to 5.degree. C. per minute. The porous pitch foam can be converted to a porous carbon foam by heating the pitch foam in an inert atmosphere to a temperature sufficient to carbonize the pitch. The porous carbon foam can be converted to a porous graphitic foam by heating the carbon foam in an inert atmosphere to a temperature sufficient to graphitize the pitch.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4276246 (1981-06-01), Bonzom et al.
patent: 4832881 (1989-05-01), Arnold, Jr. et al.

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