CARBON WHISKER AND ITS PRODUCTION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a carbon whisker having a diameter of μm order and easily handleable as an industrial product and provide its production process. SOLUTION: The carbon whisker has a diameter of 0.1-10μm. The whisker can be produced by generating arc discharge in an inert gas between an anode composed of graphite and a hydrogen-occluding metal and an arbitrary heat- resistant cathode to form a carbon deposit containing carbon whiskers on the cathode.