Using higher rates of stabilization of a wet-spun pan fibre to understand the effect of microstructure on the tensile and compressive properties of carbon fibre
The transformation of a polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor fibre into carbon fibre using varying stabilization times during carbon fibre manufacture is presented in this work. The wet-spun precursor fibre is a specifically designed PAN co-polymer made up of acrylonitrile, methyl acrylate and 3 wt% itaconic acid. The residence or stabilization times in the oxidation ovens are varied from 32, 64 and