Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers pretreated with potassium permanganate have reduced the time required for stabilization, and also improved mechanical properties of the reaultant carbon fibers. In this study, the effect of modification on the stabilization process and the dynamic mechanical propertic
Rapid stabilization of acrylic fibers using ammonia: Effect on structure and morphology
β Scribed by Gajanan S. Bhat; L. H. Peebles Jr.; A. S. Abhiraman; F. L. Cook
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 726 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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β¦ Synopsis
Acrylic fibers were stabilized, for subsequent carbonization, in oxidizing, inert, ammonia and mixed environments and the stabilized fibers were characterized using several techniques to determine the extent of reactions as well as the morphological changes. Ammonia was shown to accelerate stabilization of acrylic precursors that did not contain other effective initiators, such as acid comonomers. Two effects of ammonia-nucleophilic attack in initiating polymerization of nitrile groups and, possibly, the rapid disruption of lateral order in precursor morphology-combine to produce a significant enhancement in the rate of this intermediate step in the formation of carbon fibers.
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