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In this work, acrylonitrile copolymers were prepared via precipitation polymerization. The copolymer solutions prepared at various ratio of dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethylacetamide were tested to prepare the nascent fibers by one-step wet-spun method. The effect of temperature, solvent ratio, molecular weight and the solid content on the rheological properties of polyacrylonitrile gel solution in different mixed solvent were studied. It was shown that the viscosity decreased with the increase of the temperature and fluctuated with the different solvent ratio reaching the minimal value at the ratio of dimethyl sulfoxide to dimethylacetamide equal to 1.25. The crystallinity of copolymers and the structure of the nascent fiber surface also depended from the solvent ratio in polymerization. The optimum conditions for spinnability of copolymers were determined. The high-quality polyacrylonitrile precursor was achieved with the controllable range of 0.5–0.8 dtex and the toughness of polyacrylonitrile precursor was greater than 6.0 cN/dtex after the wet spinning process, while the tensile strength of carbon fiber is up to 6.25 GPa after their pre-oxidation and carbonization process.
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Liu, Q., Wang, Yx., Niu, Fx. et al. Spinnability of Polyacrylonitrile Gel Dope in the Mixed Solvent of Dimethyl Sulfoxide/Dimethylacetamide and Characterization of the Nascent Fibers. Polym. Sci. Ser. A 60, 638–646 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965545X18050103
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