SynopsisA series of carbon fibers were prepared from the acrylic fibers thermally stabilized in air under various temperature-time conditions, and the relation between the extent of stabilization and the tensile properties of carbon fibers was investigated. The density of stabilized fibers was adopted as a measure of the extent of stabilization. The tensile modulus of carbon fibers changed dependently on stabilization temperature. However, the variation of the tensile modulus of carbon fibers with the density of stabilized fibers was small if stabilization temperature was constant. In the relation between the tensile strength of carbon fibers and the density of stabilized fibers, a feature depending on stabilization temperature was not evident, and the tensile strength of carbon fibers showed a maximum in the density range from about 1.34 to 1.39 g/cm3 of stabilized fibers.
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