Petoca, Ltd.

Minoru Takabatake

Katsumi Takano

A specific sizing agent comprising as the main component an adduct of mono- or poly-cyclic phenol with alkylene oxide is applied in a specified amount to the surface of a high-strength and high-elasticity carbon fiber or a precursor fiber thereof and then dried to prepare a reinforcing carbon fiber according to the present invention, which is then preformed into a fiber arrangement, impregnated with a precursor of matrix carbon, and carbonized to produce a high-strength and high-elasticity carbon-carbon composite material.

Reinforcing carbon fiber and process for producing carbon-carbon

A method for producing high density, high strength carbon-carbon composite material, is provided by using pitch-based carbonaceous fibers carbonized at a temperature lower than 2200.degree. C. or structures, including said carbonaceous fibers as a principal constituent, as a reinforcement material, impregnating said reinforcement material with a carbonaceous material such as pitch or the like and then heat treating said impregnated material.

Method for producing carbon-carbon composite materials

A porous carbon-carbon composite having a porosity of 25-65%, higher strength and higher uniformity can be obtained by using carbon fibers having a fiber diameter of 2.5-32 micron and a fiber length of not longer than 2 mm in an amount of 60% by weight or more.

Porous carbon-carbon composite and process for producing the same

A porous isotropic carbon-carbon composite having a porosity of 25 to 85% and substantially isotropic mechanical strength, and containing 60% by weight or more of aggregate particles having an aspect ratio of 10 or smaller and reinforced in one direction with carbon fiber is provided.

A process for producing a high density, high strength carbon-carbon composite which does not require high cost secondary reinforcement treatment. This process comprises impregnating an aggregate such as a bundle of a carbon fiber with a liquid dispersion of a carbonaceous material of specified size of a fine powder or a short fiber of carbonaceous material to form a reinforcement material of a carbon fiber having the fine powder or the short fiber of a carbonaceous material distributed on the surface as well as in the inside of said bundle of a carbon fiber, and impregnating said aggregate of a carbon fiber with one or more liquid carbonaceous material selected from the group consisting of a phenolic resin, a furan resin and a pitch and carbonizing the impregnated bundle of a carbon fiber, and if necessary, graphitizing the carbonized product.

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Kamisu-machi, Japan

Minoru Takabatake