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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1994
Kunio Uchida, Tsukuba, JP;
Motoo Yumura, Tsukuba, JP;
Satoshi Ohshima, Abiko, JP;
Yasunori Kuriki, Tsukuba, JP;
Kiyoshi Yase, Tsukuba, JP;
Fumikazu Ikazaki, Tsukuba, JP;
Abstract
Carbon nanotubes are isolated from a mixture containing the carbon nanotubes and graphite particles by a process including the steps of: finely pulverizing the mixture; dispersing the pulverized product in a liquid medium; centrifuging the resulting dispersion to obtain a supernatant containing carbon nanotubes and graphite particles having a particle size of 0.3 .mu.m or less; separating the supernatant into a solid phase and a liquid phase; and calcining the solid phase in an oxygen-containing atmosphere at a temperature sufficient to burn the graphite particles and to leave the nanotubes.