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Synthesis and properties of acrylonitrile-methyl itaconate copolymers as spun carbon fiber precursors

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Acrylonitrile-methyl itaconate (AN-MIA) copolymers were successfully prepared by free-radical solution copolymerization, and then were spun into precursors of carbon fibers by one-step wet-spun method in this study. Effect of methyl itaconate(MIA), itaconic acid (IA) and methyl acrylate (MA) on the characteristics of the copolymers and precursors were studied in contrast. The monomer reactivity ratios for AN/MIA system were determined by Kelen-Tudos (K-T) method with r 1=0.65, r 2=1.80. The viscosity test shows that using MIA as a co-monomer is an effective way to decrease the viscosity of PAN solution. During the spinning and stretching processes, polyacrylonitrile (PAN) copolymer with MIA as co-monomer can reach the higher total draw-ratio of 12.0 folds, while PAN copolymer with IA as co-monomer can reach only 8.5 folds. The fineness and elongation at-break of the PAN precursors with MIA as co-monomer improve, but the tenacity decreases. DSC test shows MIA is less effective in improving the thermal property than IA.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Liquid Structure and Heredity of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, China

    Jianjun Liu, Xiang Zhang, Yanxiang Wang & Chengguo Wang

  2. Carbon Fiber Engineering Research Center, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, China

    Yuxia Huang, Yan Yuan, Xiang Zhang, Yanxiang Wang & Chengguo Wang

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Liu, J., Huang, Y., Yuan, Y. et al. Synthesis and properties of acrylonitrile-methyl itaconate copolymers as spun carbon fiber precursors. Fibers Polym 15, 1583–1588 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-014-1583-z

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