Macromolecular Research, Vol.10, No.6, 318-324, December, 2002
Effects of Quasi-Carbonization Process on the Mechanical Properties of Spun Yarn Type Quasi-Carbon Fabrics
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In this paper we have extensively studied what and how processing parameters for quasi-carbonization influence the breaking strength and modulus of resulting quasi-carbon fabrics that are prepared from stabilized PAN fabrics with a spun yarn texture. Seven processing parameters have been considered as follows: applied tension, final heat-treatment temperature, heating rate, heating step, holding time, cooling rate, and purging gas purity. The results indicate that optimal uses of applied tension, final heat-treatment temperature, heating rate, and heating step during quasi-carbonization process are primarily important to increase the tensile properties of quasi-carbon fabrics and holding time, cooling rate, and purging gas purity are less importantly contributed.
Keywords:quasi-carbonization;breaking strength and modulus;processing parameters;quasi-carbon fabrics
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