The transformation of anthracene oil into pitch is a feasible procedure for obtaining pitches with binder and impregnating characteristics. Moreover, their high aromaticity, total absence of solid particles and good fluidity make anthracene oil-based pitches interesting precursors for graphitizable carbon materials (e.g., carbon fibres, synthetic graphites). To prepare this kind of material the formation of
mesophase in necessary during any one of the processing steps. This work deals with the preparation of mesophase from anthracene oil derivatives by controlled thermal treatment and subsequent sedimentation.
The European Union (Project Ref. RFC-PR04001) and FICYT (Project Ref. PC-04-13. The Spanish Science and Education Ministry (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia), "Juan de la Cierva". The Spanish Scientific Council for Research (CSIC), I3P
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