4489132 Spherical bodies of carbon or graphite

4489132 Spherical bodies of carbon or graphite

II New Patents 4487880 METHOD FOR IMPARTING IMPROVED SURFACE PROPERTIES TO CARBON FIBERS AND COMPOSITE voltage between electrodes is 4000 volts or ...

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4487880 METHOD FOR IMPARTING IMPROVED SURFACE PROPERTIES TO CARBON FIBERS AND COMPOSITE

voltage between electrodes is 4000 volts or higher. The composition of the atmospheric inorganic gas is also important and the gas is preferably oxygen gas or a gaseous mixture containing at least 10% by volume of oxygen.

4489132

Susumu Ueno, Hideaki Kamata, Ibaraki, Japan assigned to Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd

SPmRICAL BODIES OF CARBON OR GRAPHITE Tatsu Shimoyama, Hitachi, Japan assigned to Hitachi Chemical Company Ltd

The invention provides a means for solving the problem of poor affinity between the surface of carbon fibers and a synthetic resin in a resinbased composite material reinforced with the carbon fibers. The method comprises subjecting the surface of the carbon fibers in advance to exposure to low temperature plasma in a low pressure atomosphere of an inorganic gas generated by applying an electric voltage between electrodes. It was unexpectedly discovered that the discharge voltage between the electrodes is very critical and satisfactory results can be obtained when the p~k-to-peg value of the discharge

A spherical body of baked or graphitized carbon having a thermal conductivity at 25 degrees C. of 0.03 cal/cm.sec. degrees C. or more and an anisotropy of thermal expansion coefficient of 40% or less has an excellent service life under severe thermal conditions without causing pitting or cracking and can be used as industrial machine parts such as ball bearings.

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