Responding to the exponential growth in new technology and research activity on the contemporary carbon fiber scene, this thoroughly updated and expanded Third Edition offers the latest information on the structural, surface, mechanical, electronic, thermal, and magnetic properties of carbon fibers as well as their manufacture and industrial applications from many of the world's most distinguished specialists in the field. Helps resolve everyday production, development, and marketing issues Organized to ensure a smooth, logical progression from one topic to the next, the Third Edition presents excellent, in-depth coverage of new topics, including procedures for preparing pitch-based and vapor-grown carbon fibers structures of carbon fibers from commercial to experimental examples industrial treatments of carbon fiber surfaces with surface sizings and carbon fiber composites with surface coatings surface characterizations by instrumental methods, such as FTIR, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, and atomic force microscopy carbon nanotubes and their electrical resistivity and magnetoresistance qualities the manufacture and characterization of activated carbon fibers as well as their uses as adsorbents, catalyst supports, and electronic materials and more Providing exceptional literature and patent references-over 400 new to this edition -as well as photographs of currently available carbon fiber products from major American, French, and Japanese companies, this Third Edition will remain a valuable guide into the 21st century for physical, polymer, surface, and colloid chemists; materials scientists; mechanical and chemical engineers; researchers and marketing personnel working in carbon fiber and related industries; and graduate-level students in these disciplines.

The second edition of this reference provides comprehensive examinations of developments in the processing and applications of carbon black, including the use of new analytical tools such as scanning tunnelling microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and inverse gas chromatography.;Completely rewritten and updated by numerous experts in the field to reflect the enormous growth of the field since the publication of the previous edition, Carbon Black: discusses the mechanism of carbon black formation based on recent advances such as the discovery of fullerenes; elucidates micro- and macrostructure morphology and other physical characteristics; outlines the fractal geometry of carbon black as a new approach to characterization; reviews the effect of carbon black on the electrical and thermal conductivity of filled polymers; delineates the applications of carbon black in elastomers, plastics, and zerographic toners; and surveys possible health consequences of exposure to carbon black.;With over 1200 literature citations, tables, and figures, this resource is intended for physical, polymer, surface and colloid chemists; chemical and plastics engineers; spectroscopists; materials scientists; occupational safety and health physicians; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.