The disclosed is a method for producing a carbon material dispersion which removes efficiently and reliably metallic components from carbon materials, and that provides a carbon material dispersion of a high product quality and stable electrical properties. The method comprises a first magnetic separation step in which the powdered and/or granulated carbon material C is applied to the surface of a rotating magnetic roll 130 to remove the metallic component M from the carbon material in the dry state of the powdered and granulated carbon material C; and a second magnetic separation step in which a magnet element 310 is placed in a carbon material dispersion D, in which the carbon material from which the metallic component has been removed in the first magnetic separation step is dispersed in a dispersing medium, in advance of the second magnetic separation step.

The invention includes systems and methods for forming organized hybrid carbon solids from a hydrocarbon precursor. The hybrid carbon solid can comprise a core-shell structure in which the shell is formed from elemental carbon, and the core comprises materials that are non-elemental-carbon materials.

The invention includes systems and methods for forming organized hybrid carbon solids from a hydrocarbon precursor. The hybrid carbon solid can comprise a core-shell structure in which the shell is formed from elemental carbon, and the core comprises materials that are non-elemental-carbon materials.

The present invention relates to a pelleted acetylene black having a mass strength measured according to ASTM D 1937-10 of 200 N at most and an average pellet size measured according to ASTM D 1511-10 of at least 1.0 mm, to the use of any of said pelleted acetylene blacks to produce a compound comprising a resin or polymer or rubber matrix and the acetylene black dispersed in said matrix and to a method for producing such a compound.

The present invention relates to a pelleted acetylene black having a mass strength measured according to ASTM D 1937-10 of 200 N at most and an average pellet size measured according to ASTM D 1511-10 of at least 1.0 mm, to the use of any of said pelleted acetylene blacks to produce a compound comprising a resin or polymer or rubber matrix and the acetylene black dispersed in said matrix and to a method for producing such a compound.

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of carbon black materials, and particularly to a granular carbon black and a preparation method therefor, an electrode and a secondary battery. For the granular carbon black, particle size distribution of the granular carbon black ranges as follows: a weight percent of granular carbon black with a particle diameter less than 0.125 mm is equal to or less than 2%, a weight percent of granular carbon black with a particle diameter ranging from 0.125 to 0.85 mm is from 18% to 60%, and a weight percent of granular carbon black with a particle diameter more than 0.85 mm is from 40% to 80%; and a secondary particle diameter D50 of the granular carbon black ranges from 2.0 m to 3.51 m.

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of carbon black materials, and particularly to a granular carbon black and a preparation method therefor, an electrode and a secondary battery. For the granular carbon black, particle size distribution of the granular carbon black ranges as follows: a weight percent of granular carbon black with a particle diameter less than 0.125 mm is equal to or less than 2%, a weight percent of granular carbon black with a particle diameter ranging from 0.125 to 0.85 mm is from 18% to 60%, and a weight percent of granular carbon black with a particle diameter more than 0.85 mm is from 40% to 80%; and a secondary particle diameter D50 of the granular carbon black ranges from 2.0 m to 3.51 m.

The disclosed method and related systems and devices relate to producing a pigment from microbial biomass. The pigment may be an engineered black pigment. The method may include a thermal processing step where the microbial biomass is charred. The biomass in the charred and pre-charred state can be washed chemically and/or mechanically. In another step the biomass is ground via a grinding of milling process. The grinding/milling may occur at any various points in the process. In some embodiments the biomass has a particle size between 0.01 and 100 microns.

The disclosed method and related systems and devices relate to producing a pigment from microbial biomass. The pigment may be an engineered black pigment. The method may include a thermal processing step where the microbial biomass is charred. The biomass in the charred and pre-charred state can be washed chemically and/or mechanically. In another step the biomass is ground via a grinding of milling process. The grinding/milling may occur at any various points in the process. In some embodiments the biomass has a particle size between 0.01 and 100 microns.

The present disclosure relates to a carbon-based nanomaterial composition that may be formed from a gas mixture. The gas mixture may include acetylene gas at a molar ratio AG.sub.mol/GM.sub.mol of at least about 0.55 and not greater than about 0.99, oxygen gas at a molar ratio OG.sub.mol/GM.sub.mol of at least about 0.01 and not greater than about 0.75, and hydrogen gas at a molar ratio HG.sub.mol/GM.sub.mol of at least about 0.05 and not greater than about 0.90. The carbon-based nanomaterial composition may have a carbon hybridization ratio P.sub.sp3/P.sub.sp2 of at least about 0.0 and not greater than about 5.0, where P.sub.sp3 is the percent of carbon within the carbon-based nanomaterial composition having a sp3 hybridization and P.sub.sp2 is the percent of carbon within the carbon-based nanomaterial composition having a sp2 hybridization.