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Home > Impact > Funded Projects > Development of an Asphaltene Mesophase Pre-cursor for Future Production of Carbon Fibre
A high temperature process will be used to produce a liquid crystalline meso-phase from Alberta oil sands asphaltenes (AOA). The meso-phase will allow for the production of carbon fibre using the same methods used presently for pitch and poly-acrylonitrile (PAN). With the meso-phase precursor the same equipment and technology utilized today may be used, creating an extremely efficient use of AOA.