Thermal reaction characteristics of large tow PAN precursors and their evolution of structure and properties during continuous pre-oxidation
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摘要: 利用热应力、DSC、FTIR、元素分析(EA)、XRD及力学性能、密度等测试表征手段,结合小丝束(24K)聚丙烯腈(PAN)原丝,解析了大丝束(48K) PAN原丝的热反应特性,并采用50 min连续预氧化制备高性能大丝束碳纤维,研究了大丝束PAN原丝连续预氧化过程中的结构性能演变规律。结果表明,大丝束PAN纤维的化学热应力是小丝束的1.13~1.43倍,且启动温度更低,当温度为250℃时,化学热应力差值最大,对应大丝束纤维密度为1.316 g/cm3;纤维内准晶区在反应初期即大量转化为无定形状态,准晶区晶粒尺寸呈现先增大后减小的趋势;50 min连续预氧化制备的大丝束碳纤维单丝拉伸强度和拉伸模量分别为4 240 MPa和244 GPa,相关力学性能达到市售国外大丝束碳纤维同等水平。Abstract: Thermal stress, DSC, FTIR, element analysis (EA), XRD, mechanical properties and density were used to analyze the thermal reaction characteristics of large tow polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursors (48K) in combination with small tow PAN precursors (24K). The large tow carbon fibers were prepared by 50 min continuous pre-oxidation method, in which the evolution of structure and properties were studied. The results show that the thermal stress of large tow PAN precursors is 1.13-1.43 times of small tow PAN precursors, and the starting temperature is lower. The difference of thermal stress reaches maximum at 250℃ and the corresponding density of large tow fibers is 1.316 g/cm3. The crystal regions of PAN precursors transform into amorphous regions rapidly at the initial stage of reaction, and the grain size of the crystal regions increases first and then decreases. The monofilament tensile strength and modulus of large tow carbon fibers prepared by 50 min continuous pre-oxidation are 4240 MPa and 244 GPa, respectively, which are at the same level as those commercial foreign large tow carbon fibers.
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Key words:
- large tow /
- carbon fibers /
- pre-oxidation /
- thermal stress /
- structure /
- performance
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图 3 (a) 24K-PAN和48K-PAN纤维热应力曲线(升温速率为1℃/min);(b) 48K-PAN和24K-PAN纤维热应力比值和差值的变化曲线
Figure 3. (a) Thermal stress curves of 24K-PAN and 48K-PAN precursors (Heating rate: 1℃/min); (b) Variable curves of ratio and difference of thermal stress between 48K-PAN and 24K-PAN precursors
τ—Thermal stress; Δτ—Difference of thermal stress
表 1 不同温区预氧化碳纤维编号
Table 1. Sample No. of carbon fiber at different pre-oxidized zones
Temperature/℃ Sample No. 210 P1 225 P2 240 P3 250 P4 260 P5 表 2 24K聚丙烯腈(PAN)纤维和48K PAN纤维的主要性能
Table 2. Main properties of 24K and 48K polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursors
Property 24K-PAN 48K-PAN Diameter/μm 11.83 11.82 Tensile strength/GPa 0.69 0.68 ΔH/(J·g−1) 2523 2531 Crystallinity/% 60.9 61.6 Grain size/nm 9.08 9.08 Note: ∆H—Enthalpy of thermal reaction. 表 3 不同温度下24K-PAN和48K-PAN纤维DSC参数
Table 3. DSC parameters of 24K-PAN and 48K-PAN fiber at different temperatures
Temperature/℃ Tonset/℃ TPeak1/℃ TPeak2/℃ ∆H/(J·g−1) 24K 48K 24K 48K 24K 48K 24K 48K 80 210 211 271 271 323 323 2523 2531 145 209 212 269 272 322 322 2558 2496 190 209 211 270 270 322 324 2685 2575 215 216 215 267 267 322 323 2246 2231 235 223 223 264 264 323 323 1965 1917 250 229 233 — — 321 322 1480 1209 275 249 249 — — 320 319 824 794 Notes: Tonset—Onset temperature of thermal reaction; TPeak1—First peak temperature of DSC curve; TPeak2—Second peak temperature of DSC curve. 表 4 各阶段大丝束PAN预氧化纤维的相对环化度RCI、脱氢指数RD、密度和氧含量
Table 4. Relative cyclization index RCI, relative dehydrogenation index RD, density and oxygen content of pre-oxidized precursors of large tow PAN fiber at each zone
Sample RCI/% RD/% Oxygen content/wt% Density/(g·cm−3) PAN 22.8 53.5 3.05 1.192 P1 42.3 66.2 3.40 1.205 P2 53.2 102.7 4.44 1.230 P3 65.7 114.8 5.55 1.269 P4 73.8 116.1 8.58 1.323 P5 79.1 116.8 11.05 1.372 表 5 不同温区48K-PAN预氧化纤维的晶态参数
Table 5. Crystalline parameters of pre-oxidized precursors of 48K-PAN fiber at different zones
Sample 2θ/(°) L(100)/nm Xc/% PAN 16.78 9.08 56.6 P1 16.90 11.98 25.3 P2 16.88 11.06 21.7 P3 16.78 8.39 18.0 P4 16.81 4.42 5.6 P5 — — — Notes: L(100)—Microcrystal size perpendicular to (100) (2θ=16.7°); Xc—Degree of crystallinity. 表 6 3种大丝束碳纤维的力学性能和结构参数
Table 6. Mechanical properties and structural parameters of three kinds of large tow carbon fibers
Performance Zoltek-50K SGL-50K Domestic-
50 minDensity/(g·cm−3) 1.810 1.800 1.791 Tensile strength/MPa 4137 4000 4240 Tensile modulus/GPa 242 240 244 d(002)/nm 0.352 0.354 0.355 Lc/nm 2.02 1.73 1.68 Vp/% 16.2 16.2 16.3 Notes: d(002)—(002) crystal plane spacing of carbon fiber; Lc—Crystallite size of carbon fiber; Vp—Porosity of carbon fiber. -
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