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Design and Control of Structure of Advanced Carbon Materials for Enhanced Performance

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. B. Rand

    1. Department of Materials, School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Leeds, UK

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  2. S. P. Appleyard

    1. Department of Materials, School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Leeds, UK

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  3. M. F. Yardim

    1. Chemical Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 374)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Structure And Properties

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Polymorphism in Carbons and Parent Materials

      • P. Delhaes
      Pages 3-27

    3. Theory and Modelling of Carbon

      • M. I. Heggie
      Pages 29-41

    4. Characterisation of Carbon Structure

      • X. Bourrat
      Pages 43-64

    5. Thermal and Electrical Properties of Carbons Relationship to Structure

      • J.-P. Issi
      Pages 65-83

    6. Surface Properties of Carbons for Advanced Carbon-Based Composites

      • P. Ehrburger, C. Vix-Guterl
      Pages 85-122

  3. Processing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. Pitch Precursor-Origin and Chemical Constitution

      • M. F. Yardim, E. Ekinci, K. D. Bartle
      Pages 125-134

    3. The Thermal Processing and Rheological Behaviour of Pitch

      • B. Rand
      Pages 135-150

    4. Mesophase Precursors for Advanced Carbon Fibers Pitches, Stabilization and Carbonization

      • J. G. Lavin
      Pages 151-161

    5. Carbon Fiber Processing and Structure/Property Relations

      • D. D. Edie
      Pages 163-181

    6. Carbon-Carbon Composites

      • S. P. Appleyard, B. Rand
      Pages 183-206

    7. Preparation and Structure of Carbon Fibres and Carbon Nanotubes from the Vapour Phase

      • M. Endo, V. A. Kim, K. Nishimura, T. Hayashi, T. Matushita
      Pages 207-216

    8. Manufacture of Bulk Carbon and Grapidte Materials

      • R. Wolf
      Pages 217-225

  4. Properties, Applications and New Directions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227
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    2. Mechanical Properties of Carbon-Carbon Composites

      • E. Yasuda, T. Akatsu, Y. Ishiguro, L. Manocha, Y. Tanabe
      Pages 229-239

    3. High Strength, Sintered Carbons and Graphites

      • B. Rand, R. Wolf
      Pages 241-254

    4. Anode Performance of the Li-Ion Secondary Battery

      • Chan Kim, Morinobu Endo
      Pages 255-275

    5. Carbon Materials for Energy Production and Storage

      • T. D. Burchell
      Pages 277-294
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Carbon is unique in the range of structures and properties that are displayed by its material forms. The bonds in diamond, within the plane ofgraphite and in the fullerene molecules, C , are the strongest covalent bonds possible. This strong covalent bonding 60 leads to some exceptional intrinsic properties, examples ofwhich are: the greatest Young's modulus (in diamond, within the graphite plane and in single­ walled nanotubes) the highest room temperature thermal conductivity (in diamond and within the graphite plane) high hole mobility in doped diamond exceptional thermal stability ofthe structure in graphite It is because of the extreme thermal stability that such a wide range of materials is available. Atomic mobilities are low at all but the highest temperatures. Sintering, melting and casting ofcarbon are not feasible processing operations and carbon/graphite components are exclusively produced from the pyrolytic decomposition of organic precursors. The vast majority of engineering carbons have Sp2 type bonding and are related in some way to the structure of graphite. In the c-direction the bonding in graphite is of van der Waals character with the result that graphite is highly anisotropic in its properties and is probably unique in showing both the highest and lowest bond strengths in different directions in the same crystal.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Materials, School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Leeds, UK

    B. Rand, S. P. Appleyard

  • Chemical Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

    M. F. Yardim

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