US 12,421,118 B2
Graphenic carbon particles
Noel R. Vanier, Wexford, PA (US); and Cheng-Hung Hung, Wexford, PA (US)
Assigned to PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed by PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on May 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/416,359.
Application 16/416,359 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/432,129, granted, now 10,294,375, issued on May 21, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2013/062306, filed on Sep. 27, 2013.
Application 14/432,129 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2012/057811, filed on Sep. 28, 2012.
Application PCT/US2012/057811 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/309,894, filed on Dec. 2, 2011, granted, now 8,486,364, issued on Jul. 16, 2013.
Application 13/309,894 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/249,315, filed on Sep. 30, 2011, granted, now 8,486,363, issued on Jul. 16, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/794,586, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2019/0300370 A1, Oct. 3, 2019
Int. Cl. C01B 32/184 (2017.01)
CPC C01B 32/184 (2017.08) [C01B 2204/04 (2013.01); C01B 2204/32 (2013.01); C01P 2002/82 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Graphenic carbon particles that are thermally produced by heating a precursor material comprising methane or a hydrocarbon material capable of forming a two-carbon-fragment species in a thermal zone having a temperature of greater than 3,500° C. to form the graphenic carbon particles from the precursor material; said graphenic carbon particles having an aspect ratio of greater than 3:1, a B.E.T. specific surface area of at least 50 square meters per gram, an average of 3 or more carbon atom layers having turbostratic misalignment, and a Raman spectroscopy 2D/G peak ratio of at least 1.1:1.