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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1987
George E Wrenn, Jr, Clinton, TN (US);
Leonard A Abbatiello, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
John Lewis, Jr, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
Ultralight carbon-bonded carbon fiber composites of densities in the range of about 0.04 to 0.10 grams per cubic centimeter are fabricated by forming an aqueous slurry of carbonaceous fibers which include carbonized fibers and 0-50 weight percent fugitive fibers and a particulate thermosetting resin precursor. The slurry is brought into contact with a perforated mandrel and the water is drained from the slurry through the perforations at a controlled flow rate of about 0.03 to 0.30 liters per minutes per square inch of mandrel surface. The deposited billet of fibers and resin precursor is heated to cure the resin precursor to bind the fibers together, removed from the mandrel, and then the resin and fugitive fibers, if any, are carbonized.