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Patent Inventor Names
Thomas J. McCarthy0
Robert C. Bening0
Date of Patent
January 4, 2011
0Patent Application Number
118415480
Date Filed
August 20, 2007
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A method of oxidizing the surface of carbon microfibers that includes contacting the microfibers with an oxidizing agent that includes sulfuric acid and potassium chlorate under reaction conditions sufficient to oxidize the surface. The invention also features a method of decreasing the length of carbon microfibers that includes contacting the microfibers with an oxidizing agent under reaction conditions sufficient to decrease the length.
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