Anthracite coal is a very clean burning coal and can be used in the manufacturing of steel, however increasingly it is been used to manufacture Nanotubes For the manufacture of a light weight high strength carbon material for the use aircraft, formula 1 racing cars as well as within the construction industry, usining the nanotubes in cement increases the strength by 45% Nanotubes is the future in the construction and industrial world and Anthracite Coal is the cheapest way to produce the nanotube. Who is the largest producer of Nanotubes, the Chinese.
This type of Coal will be in high demand in the near future for the production of Building Materials.
Mechano-Thermal Method to Produce Carbon Nanotubes from Anthracite Coal
Nano Tubes A Perth company is set to become by the end of the year, Australia?s first commercial producer of the high strength but micro-sized and environmentally friendly ?carbon nanotubes? ? a product expected to generate new-world markets worth billions of dollars a year.
?This adds to their appeal for more general consumption and although conventional nanotube products are being priced at between US$100-700 a kilogram, absolute top shelf products can still fetch between $20,000 and $50,000 a kilogram,?
The largest manufacturer in the world currently is a Chinese company named Cnano which is reported to produce around 500 tonnes per year. Europe?s Bayer Corporation is currently the second largest global producer at 200 tpa but there are other similar sized producers in Germany and France. The largest number of manufacturers, however, around 27 and albeit at small volumes, is in the United States. Ohio-based Pyrograf is planning a 1,000 tpa nanotube plant.
Single wall carbon nanotubes sold for $350 to $2,000/g, depending on the level of purity at the time of this research. The high cost was due to production methods.
