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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ta-Wei Fu, Ponca City, OK (US);
Manfred Katz, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
Conoco Inc., Ponca City, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208 39 ; 208 22 ; 208 44 ; 4234472 ; 4234474 ; 4234476 ; 264292 ;
Abstract
An improved process for producing an anisotropic pitch product suitable for carbon fiber manufacture. A carbonaceous feedstock is heated at elevated temperature while passing a reactive sparging gas through the feedstock. The sparging gas is an oxidative gas such as a gaseous mixture containing a major proportion of inert gas and from about 0.1 to 2% by volume of oxygen. The process produces an anisotropic pitch having from 50 to 100% by volume mesophase which is suitable for producing good quality carbon fibers.