Associated with the Carbonization of Pitch Fibers

3 Mechanisms associated with the carbonization of pitch fibers 

The process of carbonization aims to eliminate heteroatoms, like H, N and O, enlarging the layer of fused hydrocarbon aromatic rings and forming a turbostratic graphite-Uke structure, which according to Morida and Kagaka follows a path as shown  

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