Volume 137, Issue 30 48905
Article

Structural changes of polyacrylonitrile fibers in the process of wet spinning

Lihao Sun

Lihao Sun

Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber Development and Application, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun, 130012 Jilin, China

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Lei Shang

Lei Shang

Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber Development and Application, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun, 130012 Jilin, China

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Linghan Xiao

Linghan Xiao

Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber Development and Application, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun, 130012 Jilin, China

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Mengjie Zhang

Mengjie Zhang

Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber Development and Application, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun, 130012 Jilin, China

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Ming Li

Corresponding Author

Ming Li

Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber Development and Application, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun, 130012 Jilin, China

Correspondence to: M. Li (E-mail: [email protected]) and Y. Ao (E-mail: [email protected])Search for more papers by this author
Yuhui Ao

Corresponding Author

Yuhui Ao

Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber Development and Application, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun, 130012 Jilin, China

Correspondence to: M. Li (E-mail: [email protected]) and Y. Ao (E-mail: [email protected])Search for more papers by this author
First published: 08 January 2020
Citations: 24

ABSTRACT

In this article, the structural changes of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers at the key stages of wet spinning are systemically studied. According to the X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy analysis, the as-spun fibers show a homogeneous three-dimensional fibrillar network structure with random crystallite orientation, low crystallinity, and abundant pores. As the draw ratio increases, the crystallite orientation and crystallinity increase firstly in the skin and then in the core. The uneven force distribution in fiber is responsible for the inhomogeneous change of fibrillar network. According to the X-ray scattering and scanning electron microscopy analysis, the size, shape, and volume fraction of pores are strongly dependent on the compactness degree of fibrillar network. As the fibrillar network inhomogeneously shrinks, the total pore volume decreases, and the volume fraction of small-sized pores increased considerably from 25 to 96%, leaving a handful of large-sized pores in the core. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020, 137, 48905.

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