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University of Kentucky CAER Researchers Produce Carbon Fibers From Waste Coal

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American Carbon Society Members At UK CAER Produce Carbon Fibers From Waste Coal
University of Kentucky CAER Researchers Produce Carbon Fibers From Waste Coal

More than 4,000,000,000 tons of impounded waste coal are estimated to exist across coalfields in the state of Kentucky, and Researchers at the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) have developed a method to turn that waste coal into valuable carbon fibers.

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American Carbon Society Member Sends Carbon Sleeves To Mars

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American Carbon Society Member, Nidia Gallego, Sends Carbon Sleeves To Mars
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover touched down at Jezero Crater, on the surface of Mars, on 18th February 2021. The Rover’s mission is to search for signs of ancient microbial life, by drilling, collecting, and storing core samples of Martian rock and soil (more…)


Carbon Blog – COVID-19 & Upcoming Events

The American Carbon Society – Carbon Blog

The Blog For Anyone Interested In Carbon-Carbon Composites, Graphite, Graphene, Fullerenes, Diamonds… – Carbon In Any Form!

Carbon Blog – COVID-19 & Upcoming Events

Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently unsure if the following upcoming meetings will proceed: (more…)