Table of Contents:
  • The chemistry of mesophase formation / Harry Marsh and Carolyn S. Latham
  • Chemical characterization and preparation of the carbonaceous mesophase / Isao Mochida and Yozo Korai
  • The pitch-mesophase-coke transformation as studied by thermal analytical and rheological techniques / B. Rand
  • Microstructure formation in mesophase carbon fibers and other graphitic materials / J.L. White and M. Buechler
  • Electron microscopic observations on carbonization and graphitization / A. Oberlin, S. Bonnamy, X. Bourrat, M. Monthioux, and J.N. Rouzaud
  • Residual oil processing : predicting slurry oil and coke yields / W.P. Hettinger, Jr., D.P. Wesley, and R.H. Wombles
  • Synthetic aromatic pitch. Aromatic pitches from the asphaltene-free distillate fraction of catalytic cracker bottoms / G. Dickakian
  • Synthetic aromatic pitch. Aromatic pitches from the distillate fraction of catalytic cracker bottoms and residue fractions / G. Dickakian
  • Synthetic aromatic pitch. Aromatic pitch production using steam-cracker tar / G. Dickakian
  • Petroleum-coke overview / James H. Waller, Gary W. Grimes, and John A. Matson
  • Delayed-coking process update / Robert DeBiase, John D. Elliott, and Thomas E. Hartnett
  • Petroleum-coke calcining technology / H.H. Brandt
  • New calcining technology of petroleum coke / M. Kakuta, H. Yamasaki, H. Tanaka, J. Sato, and K. Noguchi
  • Petroleum-coke desulfurization : an improved thermal-chemical process / H.H. Brandt and R.S. Kapner
  • Granular graphitic carbon / W.M. Goldberger, P.R. Carney, R.F. Markel, and F.J. Deutschle
  • Carbonization and coke characterization / Harald Tillmanns
  • Anode-carbon usage in the aluminum industry / Samuel S. Jones
  • Utilization of petroleum coke in metallurgical coke making / Kenji Matsubara, Hidetoshi Morotomi, and Takashi Miyazu
  • Mechanism of carbon-black formation in relation to compounded-rubber properties / James E. Lewis
  • High-surface-area active carbon / T.M. O'Grady and A.N. Wennerberg
  • Dispersion of metallic derivates on carbon supports / Pierre Ehrburger and Jacques Lahaye
  • Progress of pitch-based carbon fiber in Japan / Sugio Ōtani and Asao Ōya
  • Growth of carbon fibers in stainless steel tubes by natural gas pyrolysis / G.G. Tibbetts
  • Carbon-fiber-reinforced carbon composites fabricated by liquid impregnation / Erich Fitzer and Antonios Gkogkidis
  • Carbon-carbon composites : matrix microstructure and its possible influence on physical properties / R.A. Meyer and S.R. Gyetvay.