Date Available
11-5-2017
Year of Publication
2017
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)
College
Engineering
Department/School/Program
Mechanical Engineering
Advisor
Dr. Rodney Andrews
Co-Director of Graduate Studies
Dr. Matthew Weisenberger
Abstract
The process, structure, and property relationship of PAN fiber as a precursor to carbon fiber was studied. The limitations of stable spinning and property improvement associated with hot draw in solution spinning were found and quantified. Conditions were varied to generated precursor fiber up to the limit of draw, from which actual samples were collected for thermal conversion to carbon fiber. Samples of PAN and subsequent carbon fiber were characterized using tensile testing and x-ray analysis. The effects of draw on modulus and break stress, as well as the orientation of the crystalline structure of both parent precursor and resultant carbon fiber were found and related back to the quantified draw limit.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/ETD.2017.165
Recommended Citation
Edrington, Sarah, "THE LIMITS & EFFECTS OF DRAW ON PROPERTIES AND MORPHOLOGY OF PAN-BASED PRECURSOR AND THE RESULTANT CARBON FIBERS" (2017). Theses and Dissertations--Mechanical Engineering. 89.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/me_etds/89
