Physicochemical Properties of Carbon Fiber Formulated from Melt-Spun Raw Asphaltene
Shahrad Khodaei Booran, Jiawei Chen, Md Minhajul Islam, Idaresit Ekaette, TriDung Ngo, Mark McDermott, Tian Tang, Cagri Ayranci · 2024
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Description
Carbon fiber is strong and light but expensive, largely because its starting materials are pricey. Shahrad Khodaei Booran and co-authors tried a bargain feedstock in 2024: asphaltene, the heavy residue of Alberta oil sands. They blended asphaltene types and melt-spun them into fibers, then baked the fibers into carbon form.
The resulting fibers averaged about thirteen micrometers thick, with tensile strength around 524 megapascals and a modulus near thirty-five gigapascals. Those numbers trail aerospace grades but prove the concept. The authors argue asphaltene's low cost could open carbon fiber to uses where price, not peak performance, is the barrier, while also giving oil-sands residue a valuable second life.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shahrad Khodaei Booran, Jiawei Chen, Md Minhajul Islam, Idaresit Ekaette, TriDung Ngo, Mark McDermott, Tian Tang, Cagri Ayranci |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |