ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF THE CELLULAR CARBON SUPPORT STRUCTURE

The structure of a new high-porous carbon support formed on reactor wa lls during the pyrolysis of a propane-butane mixture was studied. The framework of the support was found to be formed by planar carbon layer s in the form of strips. At the ''microlevel,'' these strips have the ordered graphite-like structure and consist of fragments of networks o f hexagons (002) arranged in layers (002), whose basal planes are orie nted to one another and edges are oriented to the strip surface. The s pecific features of the cellular carbon support structure are discusse d and compared to those of supports obtained by pyrolysis of hydrocarb on raw materials.