Bubble growth in the preparation of mesophase-pitch-based carbon foams

Xinxing Tan Cailiao/ New Carbon Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-66

  Wang, Mei Xian ^a   Wang, Cheng Yang ^a   Chen, Ming Ming ^a   Li, Tong Qi ^b   Hu, Zi Jun ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Foaming; Mesophase pitch; Optical microscopy; Porosity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FOAMS; NAPHTHALENE; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BUBBLE GROWTH; BUBBLE SHAPES; BUBBLE SIZE; BULK DENSITY; CARBON FOAM; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; FOAMING; GROWTH PROCESS; MESOPHASE PITCH; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 64249095047     PISSN: 20971605     EISSN: 18725805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-5805(08)60037-2     Document Type: Article

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