CONTINUOUS-FEED FURNACE ASSEMBLY AND PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUSLY THERMALLY EXFOLIATING GRAPHITE OXIDE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a continuous-feed furnace assembly suitable to obtain highly exfoliated graphite.SOLUTION: A continuous-feed furnace assembly comprises a flow-through oven, means of continuously adding a particulate precursor material, and means of collecting a particulate product material. The flow-through oven defines a particulate inlet aperture and a particulate outlet aperture that are separated, and an enclosed volumetric space between the particulate inlet and outlet apertures. The flow-through oven is capable of heating the enclosed volumetric space at a temperature of 600 to about 1,600°C. The means of continuously adding a first particulate material is in sequential fluid communication with the particulate inlet aperture, enclosed volumetric space and particulate outlet aperture of the flow-through oven and with the means of collecting a particulate product material, thereby establishing a particulate flow pathway. 【課題】高度に剥離されたグラファイトを得るのに適した連続供給炉アセンブリの提供。【解決手段】フロースルーオーブン、粒状前駆体材料の連続添加手段及び粒状生成物材料の捕集手段を含んでなる連続供給炉アセンブリであって、前記フロースルーオーブンが、離間した粒子入口開口及び粒子出口開口並びに前記粒子入口開口と前記粒子出口開口との間の密閉体積空間を規定し、前記フロースルーオーブンが、前記密閉体積空間を６００〜約１６００℃の温度において加熱でき、第１の粒状材料の連続添加手段が前記フロースルーオーブンの粒子入口開口、密閉体積空間及び粒子出口開口並びに粒状生成物材料の捕集手段と逐次流体連通し、それによって粒子流路が確立されている連続供給炉アセンブリ。【選択図】図１