Abstract:Acrylic fibers are spun from copolymers in which acrylonitrile is the major component. The fibers are solution‐spun from solvents such as dimethylformamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, and sodium thiocyanate–water either by wet (extrusion into a nonsolvent) or dry (extrusion into a hot inert gas) technologies. The basic technologies were developed in the 1950s and first commercialized in the United States. Expansion to Europe and Japan soon followed. In the twenty‐first century, the locus has shifted to Asia, with sig… Show more
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