Provided is a method of producing a structure for producing a casting, including: a process (I) of obtaining a slurry composition containing an organic fiber, an inorganic fiber, a thermosetting resin, and water; a process (II) of obtaining a fiber laminate by subjecting the slurry composition to papermaking; and a process (III) of dehydrating the fiber laminate and thereafter drying the resultant, in which the process (I) includes a process (I-1) of beating a mixture containing the organic fiber and water, a process (I-2) of mixing the mixture obtained in the process (I-1) and water, and a process (I-3) of mixing the mixture obtained in the process (I-2) and the inorganic fiber, the thermosetting resin is mixed in at least any of the process (I-1), the process (I-2), and the process (I-3), and an average fiber length of the inorganic fiber in the structure for producing a casting is 1 mm or longer and 5 mm or shorter.

The present invention describes a method for preparing graphene by mixing graphite and carbon nanofibrils. The prepared graphene can be used to form nanopaper. The present invention also provides a method of preparing nanopaper by suspending cellulose nanofibrils and graphene, followed by vacuum filtering of the suspension.

Embodiments described herein relate generally to graphene oxide membranes for fluid filtration and more specifically to graphene oxide membranes having tunable permeability, rejection rate, and flux. Some embodiments of the graphene oxide membranes disclosed herein are characterized as having a flux of at least about 2.5×10.sup.−4 gallons per square foot per day per psi with a 1 wt % lactose solution at room temperature, and a lactose rejection rate of at least 50% with a 1 wt % lactose solution.

It is provided a method for reducing the odor of particulate carbon materials and to the materials obtained thereby.

A method of preparing a resin infused random fiber mat including the step of forming a liquid dispersion mat of polymeric resin and fiber on a porous substrate.

A method of preparing a resin infused random fiber mat including the step of forming a liquid dispersion mat of polymeric resin and fiber on a porous substrate.

A method for manufacturing a carbon fiber sheet, the method including a carbon fiber forming step of heating a resin sheet to a carbonization temperature at a heating rate of 15,000° C./sec or higher, thereby forming a carbon fiber from the resin sheet. In the carbon fiber forming step, the resin sheet is preferably irradiated with an energy ray having an output density of 130 W/mm.sup.2 or higher and an amount of irradiation energy of 0.05 J/mm.sup.2 or more.

A method for manufacturing a carbon fiber sheet, the method including a carbon fiber forming step of heating a resin sheet to a carbonization temperature at a heating rate of 15,000° C./sec or higher, thereby forming a carbon fiber from the resin sheet. In the carbon fiber forming step, the resin sheet is preferably irradiated with an energy ray having an output density of 130 W/mm.sup.2 or higher and an amount of irradiation energy of 0.05 J/mm.sup.2 or more.

An object of the present invention is to provide, in particular, flame-resistant paper for a radio wave absorber member, the flame-resistant paper being unlikely to break during the production process and having favorable producibility in addition to being suitable for a radio wave absorber member and having high flame resistance. The flame-resistant paper for a radio wave absorber member according to the present invention contains pulp, aluminum hydroxide, guanidine phosphate, a binder, and a conductive substance, in which the content of the pulp is 5 to 20 mass%, the content of the aluminum hydroxide is 40 to 70 mass%, the content of the guanidine phosphate is 10 to 20 mass%, the content of the binder is 5 to 10 mass%, and the content of the conductive substance is 0.1 to 12 mass%.

Disclosed is a method for making a carbon fibre from a paper product. The method includes preparing a cellulose-based fibre by crushing the paper product, dissolving the crushed material obtained in an aqueous phosphoric acid solution to form a spinning solution, and forming a cellulose-based continuous fibre by use of a solvent spinning process. The cellulose fibre formed in this way is subjected to carbonisation treatment in order to form a carbon fibre.