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Title: Method of producing carbon fibers from multipurpose commercial fibers

Abstract

A method of producing carbon fibers includes the step of providing polyacrylonitrile precursor polymer fiber filaments. The polyacrylonitrile precursor filaments include from 87-97 mole % acrylonitrile, and less than 0.5 mole % of accelerant functional groups. The filaments are no more than 3 deniers per filament. The polyacrylonitrile precursor fiber filaments can be arranged into tows of at least 150,000 deniers per inch width. The arranged polyacrylonitrile precursor fiber tows are stabilized by heating the tows in at least one oxidation zone containing oxygen gas and maintained at a first temperature T1 while stretching the tows at least 10% to yield a stabilized precursor fiber tow. The stabilized precursor fiber tows are carbonized by passing the stabilized precursor fiber tows through a carbonization zone. Carbon fibers produced by the process are also disclosed.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1805674
Patent Number(s):
10961642
Application Number:
16/557,309
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
D - TEXTILES D01 - NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES D01F - CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 08/30/2019
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Naskar, Amit K., and Jackson, Connie D. Method of producing carbon fibers from multipurpose commercial fibers. United States: N. p., 2021. Web.
Naskar, Amit K., & Jackson, Connie D. Method of producing carbon fibers from multipurpose commercial fibers. United States.
Naskar, Amit K., and Jackson, Connie D. Tue . "Method of producing carbon fibers from multipurpose commercial fibers". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1805674.
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