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Industrial applications of graphite fluoride fibers
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Kucera, Donald Hung, Ching-Cheh |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Description | Based on fluorination technology developed during 1934 to 1959, and the fiber technology developed during the 1970s, a new process was developed to produce graphite fluoride fibers. In the process, pitch based graphitized carbon fibers are at first intercalated and deintercalated several times by bromine and iodine, followed by several cycles of nitrogen heating and fluorination at 350 to 370 C. Electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties of this fiber depend on the fluorination process and the fluorine content of the graphite fluoride product. However, these properties are between those of graphite and those of PTFE (Teflon). Therefore, it is considered to be a semiplastic. The physical properties suggest that this new material may have many new and unexplored applications. For example, it can be a thermally conductive electrical insulator. Its coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) can be adjusted to match that of silicon, and therefore, it can be a heat sinking printed circuit board which is CTE compatible with silicon. Using these fibers in printed circuit boards may provide improved electrical performance and reliability of the electronics on the board over existing designs. Also, since it releases fluorine at 300 C or higher, it can be used as a material to store fluorine and to conduct fluorination. This application may simplify the fluorination process and reduce the risk of handling fluorine. |
| File Size | 411880 |
| Page Count | 9 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910013727 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3vt6js8q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1991-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Composite Materials Bromine Performance Tests Electrical Properties Fluorine Printed Circuits Mechanical Properties Insulators Circuit Boards Fluorides Thermal Expansion Carbon Fibers Heating Graphite Silicon Thermodynamic Properties Fluorination Iodine Graphitization Teflon Trademark Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
