Abstract:
A sphere of carbon which encloses an empty space and has pores formed in the shell thereof so as to provide free passage between the interior and the exterior of the sphere is obtained by coating a spherical core with a layer of finely divided coal and subjecting the coated sphere to a heat treatment at a temperature higher than the decomposition temperature of the substance of which the core is formed. The heat treatment causes the core to be thermally decomposed and evacuated from the coat which, by this time, has been hardened to a shell. A lightweight hollow sphere of activated carbon which has been activated not merely on the outer surface of the sphere but equally on the inner surface defining the empty space is produced by calcining for activation the said sphere of finely divided coal, with the said fine pores retained intact.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To inhibit formation of cubic diamond by utilizing hydrogen plasma jet and forming a diamond film. CONSTITUTION:Hydrogen plasma jet is utilized for heating H2 and a vapor- phase carbon source such as methane which are used in the case of vapor phase synthesis of diamond. The inside of a reaction furnace is regulated to
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To obtain silicon nitride whisker with simple operation by supporting polysiloxanes having a specific substituent on a carbonaceous substance and heating in nitrogen stream. CONSTITUTION:The objective silicon nitride whisker is produced by supporting dimethylpolysiloxane, ether methylpolysiloxane or methylalkylpolysiloxane (organic silicon compounds) on a carbonaceous substance and treating in nitrogen gas stream at 1,200-1,500 deg.C. The carbonaceous substance supporting said polysiloxanes is coke, fiber or activated carbon. There is no or extremely little formation of whisker by using other inorganic substances such as alumina or silicon dioxide. It is necessary to support the polysiloxane on a carbonaceous substance in order to produce a large quantity of whiskers. The coke may be a green coke containing several % of volatile component (organic material) or a calcined coke produced by calcining the green coke.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To expand the range of the use of a carbon material in application fields such as absorbent, electromagnetic-shielding material, etc., by using a hollow short-fibrous carbon material formed through subjecting conifer charcoal to gaseous phase oxidation at a specified temp. and thereafter the resulting material to alkali treatment. CONSTITUTION:Matured wood of a conifer such as Japanese cedar, pine, Japanese cypress, etc., is subjected to heat treatment at 500 to 800 deg.C in an inert atmosphere to form charcoal. Then, this charcoal is subjected to gaseous phase oxidation at 270 to 350 deg.C in an atmosphere contg. oxygen in a
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To efficiently obtain high-grade A type zeolite, by decomposing serpentine with a mineral acid, adding an alumina and alkaline sources to the resultant fibrous aggregate silica gel and hydrothermally treating the mixture. CONSTITUTION:Serpentine is pulverized into preferably
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To obtain a thin and uniform carbon film useful for electrode for cells, various electronic materials readily, by producing a high polymer film from benzene by electrolytic oxidation polymerization method and then carbonizing. CONSTITUTION:Benzene is dissolved in a solvent containing a supporting electrolyte, an electric current is made to flow between two electrodes and benzene is subjected to electrolytic oxidation polymerization. Polyphenylene formed on the anode plate is washed and dried to give a polyphenylene film. Then the high polymer film is heat-treated in an inert gas and carbonized to give the aimed carbon film.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To obtain a molecular sieve carbon membrane having clear molecular sieve capacity and high separation efficiency. CONSTITUTION:An aromatic polymer membrane is carbonized independently or in the farm deposited on a polymer porous support to form a molecular sieve carbon membrane having an extremely thin molecular sieve carbon layer having no crack or pinhole. This membrane has homogenous pores with a diameter of 10A or less and shows the permselectivity to gas and sieve action due to the size of a molecule and high separation efficiency.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To simply and industrially provide a graphite filament having an excellent crystallization property and conductivity by subjecting a conjugate filament to a thermal treatment, the conjugate fiber being prepared by disposing an aromatic polymer layer on a single filament of a polymer, etc. CONSTITUTION:A conjugate filament is subjected to a thermal treatment to provide the objective graphitized filament, the conjugated filament being prepared by disposing the layer of an aromatic polymer (preferably a polyimide, polyamide, polyamideimide, polyoxadiazole, polyarylate, polybenzimidazole or polyphenylene vinylene) on the single filament of a polymer or carbon.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To efficiently obtain an aqueous solution of an alkali silicate by wet method, by decomposing serpentine with a mineral acid to form fibrous aggregate silica gel and dissolving the gel in an aqueous solution of a caustic alkali. CONSTITUTION:Serpentine is decomposed with a mineral acid to form silica gel of fibrous aggregate. Then the silica gel is dissolved in an aqueous solution of a caustic alkali to give the aimed solution. A starting raw material of the fibrous aggregate preferably has a high content of serpentine minerals. Ground serpentine is used as serpentine of raw material, a considerable limitation of particle size is not required but too large serpentine is not preferable because it takes a long time in reaction and serpentine has preferably about -100 meshes. In the condition of the dissolution operation, stirring at normal temperature under pressure is sufficient and the dissolution reaction is smoothly advanced without especially loading pressure. As for temperature, since a little heating as accelerating effects on dissolution rate, heating is properly applied to an additional condition.