A review of heat treatment on polyacrylonitrile fiber

Developing carbon fiber from polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based fiber is generally subjected to three processes namely stabilization, carbonization, and graphitization under controlled conditions. The PAN fiber is first stretched and simultaneously oxidized in a temperature range of 200e300 C. This trea...

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Main Authors: Rahaman, M. S. A., Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi, Mustafa, A.
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2007
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description Developing carbon fiber from polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based fiber is generally subjected to three processes namely stabilization, carbonization, and graphitization under controlled conditions. The PAN fiber is first stretched and simultaneously oxidized in a temperature range of 200e300 C. This treatment converts thermoplastic PAN to a non-plastic cyclic or a ladder compound. After oxidation, the fibers are carbonized at about 1000 C in inert atmosphere which is usually nitrogen. Then, in order to improve the ordering and orientation of the crystallites in the direction of the fiber axis, the fiber must be heated at about 1500-3000 C until the polymer contains 92e100%. High temperature process generally leads to higher modulus fibers which expel impurities in the chain as volatile by-products. During heating treatment, the fiber shrinks in diameter, builds the structure into a large structure and upgrades the strength by removing the initial nitrogen content of PAN precursor and the timing of nitrogen. With better-controlled condition, the strength of the fiber can achieve up to 400 GPa after this pyrolysis process
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spelling utm-71802017-04-18T09:25:25Z http://eprints.utm.my/7180/ A review of heat treatment on polyacrylonitrile fiber Rahaman, M. S. A. Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa, A. TP Chemical technology Developing carbon fiber from polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based fiber is generally subjected to three processes namely stabilization, carbonization, and graphitization under controlled conditions. The PAN fiber is first stretched and simultaneously oxidized in a temperature range of 200e300 C. This treatment converts thermoplastic PAN to a non-plastic cyclic or a ladder compound. After oxidation, the fibers are carbonized at about 1000 C in inert atmosphere which is usually nitrogen. Then, in order to improve the ordering and orientation of the crystallites in the direction of the fiber axis, the fiber must be heated at about 1500-3000 C until the polymer contains 92e100%. High temperature process generally leads to higher modulus fibers which expel impurities in the chain as volatile by-products. During heating treatment, the fiber shrinks in diameter, builds the structure into a large structure and upgrades the strength by removing the initial nitrogen content of PAN precursor and the timing of nitrogen. With better-controlled condition, the strength of the fiber can achieve up to 400 GPa after this pyrolysis process Elsevier Ltd. 2007 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/7180/1/Amustafa2007_%20Areviewofheattreatmentonpolyacrylonitrile.pdf Rahaman, M. S. A. and Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi and Mustafa, A. (2007) A review of heat treatment on polyacrylonitrile fiber. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 92 (8). pp. 1421-1432. ISSN 0141-3910 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2007.03.023 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2007.03.023
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Rahaman, M. S. A.
Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
Mustafa, A.
A review of heat treatment on polyacrylonitrile fiber
title A review of heat treatment on polyacrylonitrile fiber
title_full A review of heat treatment on polyacrylonitrile fiber
title_fullStr A review of heat treatment on polyacrylonitrile fiber
title_full_unstemmed A review of heat treatment on polyacrylonitrile fiber
title_short A review of heat treatment on polyacrylonitrile fiber
title_sort review of heat treatment on polyacrylonitrile fiber
topic TP Chemical technology
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