isotropic pitch-based carbon fibres

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.I03355
Carbon fibres
obtained by
carbonization
of
isotropic
pitch
fibres after these have been stabilized (i.e. made non-fusible).
Note:
During fabrication of
isotropic
pitch-based carbon fibre
no means (neither mechanical nor chemical) are applied to achieve preferred orientation of the polyaromatic molecules in the fibre direction. They belong to the
carbon fibres type LM
(low modulus), and because of the relatively low values of strength and
Young's modulus
this
pitch-based carbon fibre
type is not used for high-performance reinforcement purposes.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 473. (Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 495 [Terms] [Paper]