Volume 29, Issue 9 pp. 2763-2776
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Preparation of carbon fibers from syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene

Hidetomo Ashitaka

Hidetomo Ashitaka

Polymer Research Laboratory, Ube Industries Ltd., Goi, Ichihara-City, Chiba 290, Japan

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Yoshihiro Kusuki

Yoshihiro Kusuki

Polymer Research Laboratory, Ube Industries Ltd., Goi, Ichihara-City, Chiba 290, Japan

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Shuji Yamamoto

Shuji Yamamoto

Polymer Research Laboratory, Ube Industries Ltd., Goi, Ichihara-City, Chiba 290, Japan

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Yoshiaki Ogata

Yoshiaki Ogata

Polymer Research Laboratory, Ube Industries Ltd., Goi, Ichihara-City, Chiba 290, Japan

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Akira Nagasaka

Akira Nagasaka

Polymer Research Laboratory, Ube Industries Ltd., Goi, Ichihara-City, Chiba 290, Japan

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First published: September 1984
Citations: 21

Abstract

Carbon fibers having good mechanical properties were produced from syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene (s-PB). Melt-spun s-PB fibers were made infusible by oxidation, irradiation, or treatments with Lewis acids, protonic acids, or peroxides. The infusibilized fibers were dehydrogenated with oxygen, chloranil, or sulfur and then carbonized. The preparative method by the AlBr3–sulfur–heat treatment process gave carbon fibers with good mechanical strength in a high yield. A filaments bundle was immersed in a benzene solution of AlBr3 (2g/100mL) at 42°C for 78 min under tension, washed with methanol, and then immersed in molten sulfur at 275°C for 14 min. After the adhering sulfur was purged with nitrogen at 290°C for 7 min, the bundle was heated up to a temperature of 700–3000°C under tension in a flow of nitrogen or argon for a few minutes. Carbon fibers heated to 1400°C were obtained with the tensile strength of 16.6 t/cm2 and the modulus of 1420 t/cm2 in a carbon yield of 82% and strain-graphitized fibers at 3000°C with 20 t/cm2 and 4010 t/cm2 in 70%.

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