Carbon fiber and method for producing the same

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a pitch carbon fiber having a decreased occurrence of cracking along the direction of the fiber axis of the pitch carbon fiber, which has conventionally occurred in a melt blowing method, and having high thermal conductivity. The invention is directed to a pitch carbon fiber having a melt mark recognized in the fiber corresponding to 60 to less than 100% of the cross-section of the fiber, and having a lattice spacing (d 002 value) of 0.3362 nm or less in the graphite layer and a crystallite size (Lc) of 60 nm or more derived from the thicknesswise direction, as determined by X-ray diffractometry. The pitch carbon fiber can be produced under specific conditions for spinning and infusibilization.

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