Controlling the oligomeric composition of carbon-fiber precursors by dense-gas extraction

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1416-1422

  Cervo, Eduardo G ^a   Thies, Mark C ^a   Fathollahi, Bahram ^b  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; EXTRACTION; IONIZATION; OLIGOMERS; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE;

CARBON-FIBER PRECURSORS; DENSE-GAS EXTRACTION; OLIGOMERIC COMPOSITION; PITCH OLIGOMERIC DISTRIBUTION;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 43349100043     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.02214.x     Document Type: Article

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