Patent ID: 8615812

Claim:
A protective assembly, comprising: as an article of manufacture, a garment to be worn by an individual; and at least one high-strength porous carbon member operatively assembled with said article of manufacture, said carbon member being the product of a method for the production of high-strength porous carbon, comprising the following steps, carried out in the order set forth: a. providing a suitable sorbent precursor material that is subject to carbonization; b. effecting carbonization of said sorbent precursor material by heat-treatment in a non-oxidizing atmosphere; c. optionally effecting activation of said carbonized sorbent precursor material using any suitable method; d. optionally effecting heat-treatment of said carbonized sorbent precursor material at a temperature in the range of about 800Â° C. to about 2,000Â° C.; and e. optionally conditioning the surface of said heat-treated sorbent precursor material by contacting said surface with a reducing gas, said suitable sorbent precursor material being a material selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), polyfurfuryl alcohol, phenolic resin, and blends of these materials.