Preparation of mesophase-pitch-based carbon foams at low pressures

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-91

  Wang, Mei xian ^a   Wang, Cheng Yang ^a   Li, Tong Qi ^b   Hu, Zi Jun ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS AND PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITE SIZE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBON FOAMS; GRAPHITIZED FOAMS; INTERLAYER SPACINGS; OPTICAL MICROGRAPHS; SOAKING TIME;

FOAMS;

EID: 38649111339     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.10.038     Document Type: Article

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