EP0100410B1 - Câble de filaments de carbone à haute ténacité et à haut degré d'élongation et procédé pour sa production - Google Patents

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EP0100410B1
EP0100410B1 EP83105414A EP83105414A EP0100410B1 EP 0100410 B1 EP0100410 B1 EP 0100410B1 EP 83105414 A EP83105414 A EP 83105414A EP 83105414 A EP83105414 A EP 83105414A EP 0100410 B1 EP0100410 B1 EP 0100410B1
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  • This invention relates to a high strength and high elongation carbon fiber bundle and a process for producing the same. More particularly, this invention relates to a carbon fiber bundle whose excellent mechanical properties as carbon fiber can be substantially completely reflected in the mechanical properties of composite materials prepared therefrom and to a process for producing the same.
  • carbon fiber has heretofore been applied to a variety of uses such as aeronautical and aerospace structural materials and materials for sporting goods such as tennis rackets, golf shafts, fishing rods and the like, and it is now intended to apply to a wider field such as a structural material connected with transportation such as automobiles and vessels.
  • high strength carbon fibers are produced by a method which includes using an acrylonitrile fiber as a starting material, heating the starting material in an oxidizing atmosphere of at least 200°C to convert it into a heat-stabilized (oxidized) fiber, then carbonizing the oxidized fiber by heating the fiber in an inert atmosphere of at least 800°C and, if necessary, heating the carbonized fiber to higher temperature to graphitizie the fiber to obtain a carbon fiber or a graphite fiber. Accordingly, in such a process, high cost is required for the baking equipment, and much electrical and thermal energy is required in the baking operation.
  • a starting material typified by the above-mentioned acrylonitrile fiber is used as fiber assemblies such as tow or band form fibers.
  • a fiber assembly is not only difficult to have uniform fiber properties as a starting material but also difficult to prevent mutual adhesion among monofilaments constituting the fiber assemblies in the above-mentioned heat stabilization (heat-stabilizing or oxidation) and carbonization steps and to obtain a uniform treatment effect in after-treatments, such as surface oxidation, of the produced carbon fiber. Accordingly, as the number of the monofilaments constituting the fiber assembly increases, uniformity in properties among them decreases rapidly.
  • Japanese Patent Laid-open No. 88222/1979 it is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-open No. 88222/1979 that it is possible to obtain a carbon fiber which, in a load-elongation curve of carbon fiber, has a maximum peak in the region of elongation equal to or greater than 0.7% and has no load maximum peak or shoulder due to the interaction among the fibers in the region of elongation equal to or smaller than 0.5%, by preparing an acrylic fiber having excellent openability by special drawing and thereby lowering mutual adhesion among the fibers during the oxidation step. Namely, a carbon fiber bundle is disclosed which is small in the number of monofilaments which are broken in the region of low elongation in a load-elongation test. It is also disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-open Nos.
  • an acrylic fiber applied with a silicone oil finish is useful as a material fiber for producing carbon fibers having excellent in physical properties, because adhesion among the monofilaments themselves can be effectively prevented in a process of producing fibers and oxidation steps of said fiber.
  • these conventional carbon fibers have excellent properties as carbon fiber, and property difference among the monofilaments constituting the carbon fibers are improved, they can not show fully improved physical properties when they are combined with resins to form composite materials and have a problem that the excellent properties of a carbon fiber itself can not be reflected fully in properties as a composite material.
  • these carbon fibers as the tensile strength and elongation as a carbon fiber increase, it becomes more difficult to reflect fully the physical properties of the carbon fiber in the properties of a composite material, when said carbon fiber is used as a reinforcing fiber in said composite material. In other words, the degree of utilizing the strength and elongation of the carbon fibers to the composite material tends toward decreasing.
  • the inventors of this invention has studied eagerly to improve the strength and elongation of a carbon fiber and, at the same time, to obtain a carbon fiber bundle capable of providing composite materials in which the above improved properties of the carbon fiber can be reflected fully and, as a result, we have reached this invention.
  • a high strength and high elongation carbon fiber bundle wherein the strength and elongation measured according to the strand tensile method as stipulated in the below described Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) R-7601 are about 420 to 650 kg/mm 2 (4116 to 6370 MPa) and about 1.7 to 2.5%, respectively, and wherein the broken ends of the carbon fibers protrude beyond the broken surface of the test piece used in said strand tensile test, and the average protrusion length of the broken ends is about 1.0 to 5.0 times the diameter of the carbon fiber monofilament.
  • the average length of the broken ends of the carbon fibers protruding beyond the broken surface of the test piece is 1.2 to 3.0 times the diameter of the carbon fiber monofilament.
  • the strand test piece prepared according to the JIS-R-7601 is previously covered with adhesive tape for the purpose of preventing scattering of broken pieces when the test piece is broken, and then the test piece is stretched and broken by using Tensilon @- tester ("Tensilon" UTM-III LH, manufactured by Toyo-Baldwin Co.) at a crosshead speed of 5 cm/min.
  • Tensilon @- tester Teensilon UTM-III LH, manufactured by Toyo-Baldwin Co.
  • the broken pieces of the test piece are examined with a stereomicroscope to choose primary stretch-broken surfaces which differ from the secondary compression-broken smooth surfaces, which are then gold-coated.
  • the strength and elongation obtained by the testing method of JIS-R-7601 indirectly express those of a carbon fiber bundle in the state of a composite material reinforced therewith. It has been found that, when the properties, particularly strength or elongation, of this strand exceed a certain level, and the broken ends of the carbon fibers slide and protrude beyond the broken surface of the test piece used in JIS-R-7601, which is a method for measuring the properties of said strand, and that the more the protruding carbon fibers the protruding length satisfy a constant range, the more excellent the properties of the composite material.
  • a tensile strength and an elongation, as a composite material, of at least 210 kg/mm 2 (2058 MPa) and at least 1.4%, respectively, are shown when the broken ends of monofilaments protrude beyond the broken surface of the test piece, and when the average length of the protruding broken ends is at least 1.0, preferably at least 1.2 times the monofilament diameter.
  • the strength of the composite is measured and calculated by converting 60% volume fraction of the carbon fibers.
  • the carbon fiber bundle itself has an average tensile strength and an average elongation which are higher than certain levels. More partictilarly, it is preferred that the average monofilament strength is at least 350 kg/mm 2 (3430 MPa), and the average monofilament elongation is at least 1.4%.
  • any improvement in composite properties can not be expected if the monofilaments constituting the carbon fiber bundle do not have broken ends which protrude beyond the broken surface of the test piece used in the strand test according to the above-described JIS-R-7601 or if the number or length of the protruding carbon fibers does not satisfy the above-mentioned ranges.
  • the presence of protruding fiber ends on the broken surface of a test piece used in the JIS-R-7601 tensile strength test relates not only with the strength and elongation of a carbon fiber bundle and the uniformity of the monofilaments constituting said fiber bundle but also with many other factors such as adhesion among the monofilaments constituting the fiber bundle, cross-sectional shape, functional group content, defects and smoothness on the surface of carbon fibers.
  • the number and length of the broken ends of the protruding monofilaments relates with the interlayer shear strength (ILSS), adhesive strength between carbon fiber and resin, and the properties of a carbon fiber bundle itself, such as the diameter of the monofilaments constituting the carbon fiber bundle, particularly 3 to 7 pm, the monofilament number, preferably 1000 to 30,000, the average monofilament strength and elongation, preferably 350 to 600 kg/mm 2 (3430 to 5880 MPa) and about 1.4 to 2.2% respectively; and the interlayer shear strength (ILSS), preferably about 8 to 10 kg/mm2 (78.4 to 98 MPa).
  • ILSS interlayer shear strength
  • an acrylic fiber bundle used in the production of the above-described carbon fiber of this invention, there is preferred an acrylic fiber bundle which comprises an acrylonitrile (AN) polymer having at least 95% by weight of AN; which has an iodine adsorption level of about 1 to 3% by weight, preferably 1.5 to 2.5% by weight, when measured by an iodine adsorption test, and when subjected to said iodine adsorption, forms a skin layer having a thickness of about 0.5 to 3 - 10- 3 mm preferably 1 to 2.5 - 10- 3 mm on the fiber-cross-section; and which has a monofilament fineness of about 0.44 to 1.65 dtex denier and a monofilament number of about 1,000 to 30,000.
  • AN acrylonitrile
  • iodine adsorption level and the skin thickness detected by iodine adsorption are measured in the following measuring methods:
  • an iodine solution prepared by weighing out 50.76 g of i z , 10 g of 2,4 - dichlorophenol, 90 g of acetic acid and 100 g of potassium iodine, placing them in a 1-1 measuring flask and dissolving them in water to a definite volume.
  • the contents of the flask are shaken for 50 minutes at 60°C ⁇ 0.5°C to effect an iodine adsorption treatment. Then, the sample containing adsorbed iodine is washed with running water for 30 minutes and then dewatered by centrifugation.
  • the centrifuged sample is placed in a 200-ml beaker and dissolved, with heating, in 100 ml of dimethyl sulfoxide.
  • the iodine adsorption level is determined by potentiometrically titrating the solution with a 1/10-N aqueous silver nitrate solution.
  • Iodine adsorption level may also be determined by using a color value, for example, L value represented by Hunter's color value. In this case, a calibration curve must previously be made between iodine adsorption level and color value.
  • the presence of the skin layer (dual structure of fiber) detected by said iodine adsorption relates, to say the least, with prevention of adhesion among monofilaments in the oxidation step and with the ease with which the fiber is strained or elongated during the oxidation step and consequently its presence is considered to favor the production of a carbon fiber having excellent properties which is the object of this invention. More important is the fact that said iodine adsorption level and skin layer thickness can serve as criteria for judging the quality and performance as a precursor and facilitate the process and selection of conditions for producing an acrylic precursor fiber bundle.
  • the iodine adsorption level exceeds about 3% by weight, adhesion among filaments in the oxidation step is apt to occur and faults such as voids are apt to form within a fiber. Accordingly, such a condition is not preferred.
  • the iodine adsorption level is lower than 1 % by weight, the oxidation treatment under tension or elongation in said oxidation step becomes difficult to conduct effectively and it becomes difficult to produce a carbon fiber having excellent mechanical properties. Accordingly, such a condition is not preferred.
  • Acrylic fibers having such an iodine adsorption level and such a skin layer thickness can be prepared by wet-, dry/wet- or dry-spinning of a solution of an acrylonitrile homopolymer; an acrylonitrile copolymer obtained by copolymerizing acrylonitrile (abbreviated as AN) with not more than 4% by weight of an unsaturated vinyl monomer copolymerizable therewith, such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid, crotonic acid, lower alkyl esters thereof, a - methylacrylonitrile, acrylamide, methacrylamide or ⁇ - hydroxyethyl methacrylate; or preferably a polymer which has an intrinsic viscosity [ ⁇ ] of at least 1.65 (as measured in a dimethylformamide (DMF) solution at 25°C).
  • DMF dimethylformamide
  • a spinning dope having an AN copolymer concentration of about 18 to 25% by weight is prepared by dissolving said AN copolymer in a solvent such as an organic solvent such as DMF, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), or dimethylacetamide (DMA); a concentrated aqueous solution of an inorganic salt such as a rhodanate or zinc chloride or a concentrated aqueous solution of an inorganic acid such as nitric acid.
  • a solvent such as an organic solvent such as DMF, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), or dimethylacetamide (DMA); a concentrated aqueous solution of an inorganic salt such as a rhodanate or zinc chloride or a concentrated aqueous solution of an inorganic acid such as nitric acid.
  • condition for the process of producing the precursor such a condition as to produce an acrylic fiber bundle having said tensile strength and elongation of at least 5.45 g/dtex and 10 to 13% can be used, so that it is preferred, though not limited, for example, to apply the hereinafter-mentioned silicone oil finish and to dry the treated bundle either after spinning, water washing and drawing, or after spinning, drawing and water washing.
  • drawing at a total draw ratio of at least 8, preferably 8 to 16 in pressured steam 1 to 6 kg/cm 2 (9.8 to 58.8- 10 4 Pa).
  • the spinning is preferably conducted in the following conditions.
  • a spinning dope is controlled at a temperature of about 30 to 80°C and coagulated by extruding it through a spinneret into a spinning bath (coagulation bath) kept at a temperature substantially the same as that of the spinning dope at an actual draft ratio (tension at coagulation of an extruded fiber) of 2.5 to 6 (0-250 mg/filament), preferably 2.5 to 4.5 (0-200 mg/fil.).
  • a silicone oil finish under a condition in which the wet yarn after said water washing and drawing has a moisture content of 100 to 250% by weight, preferably 150 to 200% by weight based on the dry fiber weight.
  • this silicone oil finish treatment relates with the iodine adsorption level and the skin layer thickness which are one of the features of this invention and, therefore, great attention must be paid to the type of silicone oil finish, its application step and its application level.
  • its application level is preferably in the range of about 0.1 to 5% by weight.
  • silicone oil finishes water-dispersible silicone substances can be used, and examples of such substances include polyether-modified polysiloxane, alcohol-modified polysiloxane, dimethylpolysiloxane prepared by emulsion polymerization in the presence of a small amount of an emulsifier, alkyl-modified polysiloxane and amino-modified polysiloxane.
  • polyether-modified polysiloxane having an oil viscosity at 25°C in the range of 0.5 to 30 P - g/cm 3 and a glycol content of 50 to 70% by weight based on oil.
  • stearyl phosphate ester salts and stearyl alcohol (EO) n examples include stearyl alcohol (EO) n , oleyl alcohol (EO),, behenyl alcohol (EO) " and isopentacosanyl alcohol (EO) n , each having the number of mols of ethylene oxide (EO) added of about 20 to 40, but it is preferred to use stearyl alcohol (EO) " , oleyl alcohol (EO),, behenyl alcohol (EO) " or isopentacosanyl alcohol (EO) " .
  • These oil finishes can be used in the form of a mixture of two or more of them.
  • stearic acid glycerides and PEG stearates examples include, for example, stearic acid glycerides and PEG stearates, PEG oleates, PEG sorbitan oleates and PEG sorbitan stearates, wherein the molecular weight of polyethylene glycol (PEG) is 400 to 1,000, but it is particularly preferred to use PEG stearates or PEG oleates.
  • PEG polyethylene glycol
  • an oil finish composition of this invention essentially comprising the above-described silicone and the higher alcohol and/or the higher fatty acid, an organic antioxidant which can increase the heat resistance of the higher alcohol and/or the higher fatty acid; which itself can resist an initial heating in the oxidation or infusibilization step and, at the same time, decompose readily and volatilize leaving no heat decomposition residue in the fiber in the oxidation or infusibilization step for said precursor fiber.
  • organic antioxidants there can be used those which are miscible with the higher alcohols and/or the higher fatty acids, and examples of the antioxidants which can be preferably used include, for example, 4,4' - butylidenebis(3 - methyl - 6 - tert - butylphenol), 4,4' - thiobis(3 - methyl - 6 - tert - butylphenol), bis(2,2,6,6 - tetramethyl - 4 - piperidine) sebacate, tetrakis[methylene 3 - (3,5 - di - tert - butyl - 4 - hydroxyphenyl) propionate] methane and di(nonylphenyl)dinonylphenyl phosphite, and these compounds can be used in the form of a mixture of two or more of them.
  • the amount of the organic antioxidant added in combination with the higher alcohol and/or the higher fatty acid is preferably such that 1 to 20% by weight of the antioxidant is present per 80 to 99% by weight of an oil finish.
  • this amount is lower than 1% by weight, a sufficient heat-resisting effect can not be obtained, whereas when it is higher than 20% by weight, the organic antioxidant is frequently left, as a heat decomposition residue, in the oxidized or infusibilized fiber, or in carbonized or graphitized fiber. Therefore, such a condition is not preferred.
  • the silicone oil finish can not exhibit an effect of producing a high-performance, fusion-free carbon fiber of this invention, whereas if it is higher than 70% by weight, satisfactory results can not be obtained with respect to effects of preventing generation of static electricity, of preventing formation of fluffs and of improving bundling properties which result from the use of an oil finish used in combination with the silicone. Accordingly, such a condition is not preferred.
  • the higher alcohol or the higher fatty acid is solid, it is heated to 40 to 70°C and molten into liquid, to which is added, with stirring, an organic antioxidant. Next, the produced oil finish containing the added antioxidant is poured into hot water of about 40 to 70°C with stirring and then a silicone is added thereto under agitation, to prepare an oil finish solution.
  • the condition for producing the acrylic fiber which is applicable to this invention is preferably as follows. Impurities originating from the polymerization tank for an acrylonitrile polymer and the transfer pipes, and a gel-like matter formed by side reactions during the polymerization or by thermal deterioration are removed substantially completely; use is made of fully purified water, chemicals and oilfinishes for baths of coagulation, water washing and drawing; and, at the same time, a solution which is partially recirculated, such as a coagulation bath solution, is used preferably after passing through a filter having an opening of below 5 10-3 mm.
  • air used in the oxidation step and an inert gas, such as nitrogen gas, used in the carbonization step are preferably passed through filters having an opening of below 1 . 10-3 mm to remove foreign matter contained in air or nitrogen, particularly one containing a metal such as iron.
  • the surroundings of the baking apparatus preferably form a clean room to shut out foreign matter coming from the surroundings.
  • the coagulation tension of filaments extruded through a spinneret into a coagulation bath is maintained at below 250 mg/filament, and the water washing, drawing, etc., are carried out in such conditions that the produced filaments are not subjected to a pressure higher than about 1.5 kg/cm 2 (14.7. 104 Pa) until at least they are dried and densified.
  • an acrylic fiber bundle which, when subjected to the above-described iodine adsorption treatment, has an iodine adsorption level of about 1 to 3%, and a skin layer thickness of about 0.5 to 3 10-3 mm and which contains 0.1 to 10% by weight of an adhered oil finish composition prepared by adding an organic antioxidant to an oil finish essentially comprising the silicone and the higher alcohol and/or the higher fatty acid is converted into a carbon fiber bundle by baking the acrylic fiber bundle through the following steps.
  • a substantially non-twisted acrylic fiber bundle is subjected to an air stream treatment under a tension of 0.045 to 0.45 g/dtex.
  • the pressure of the air stream is preferably 0.3 to 3 kg/cm 2 (2.9 to 29.4 Pa), and this air stream is blown against the fiber bundle at a right angle by using a fluid distributor to effect a full opening (separating).
  • the acrylic fiber bundle is converted into an oxidized fiber bundle having a flame resistance, in terms of moisture regain, of 3.5 to 7% by weight, preferably 4 to 5% by weight, by subjecting the acrylic fiber bundle to a heat-treatment in a state of non-twist or a twist of below 15 turns/m, preferably below 8 turns/m in an oxidizing atmosphere of 200 to 400°C under tension, preferably at a draw ratio of 0.95 to 1.4 times.
  • this oxidized fiber bundle is carbonized by heating it in inert atmospheres at temperature of at least 1,200°C and setting the rates of temperature rise at temperature of 300 to 700°C and 1,000 to 1,200°C ranges at about 100 to 1,000°C/min, preferably 250 to 500°C/min, respectively.
  • a carbon fiber bundle having an average monofilament tensile strength of at least 350 kg/mm 2 (3430 MPa), preferably 400 to 600 kg/mm 2 (3920 to 5880 MPa), an average monofilament tensile elongation of at least 1.4%, preferably 1.4 to 2.2% and an interlayer shear strength of at least 8.0 kg/mm 2 (78.4 MPa), preferably 8.0 to 9.0 kg/mm 2 (78.4 to 88.2 MPa).
  • the interlayer shear strength (ILSS) of a carbon fiber bundle relates with its adhesiveness to the matrix resin of a composite material and also relates with ease with which the monofilament ends protrude beyond the broken surface of a test piece used in the above-mentioned strand test.
  • ILSS interlayer shear strength
  • said carbon fiber bundle is preferred to be substantially free from adhesion among the constituting monofilaments and to have a microvoid content (in terms of a diffraction intensity as measured by small angle X-ray diffraction at 1°) of not higher than 1,200 count/sec, preferably not higher than 1,100 count/sec.
  • the content of monofilaments having a tensile strength of not higher than 300 kg/mm 2 (2940 MPa) is preferably 20% or below of the number of the monofilaments constituting the fiber bundles.
  • the fiber bundle has more than such a microvoid content and such a content of the monofilaments having a tensile strength of not higher than 300 kg/mm 2 (2940 MPa) as well as the occurrence of adhesion among the monofilaments prevent, in most cases, the fiber ends from protruding beyond the broken surface of a test piece used in the strand tensile strength test and, as a consequence, decrease its practical performance as a reinforcing fiber for composite materials.
  • the interlayer shear strength and tensile strength of the above-described carbon fiber are measured according to the following procedures.
  • a carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy resin flat plate having a carbon fiber content of above 70% by weight and a thickness of 2.5 mm is prepared by impregnating the carbon fiber with an epoxy resin (a mixture of 100 parts by weight of Epikote 828 0 , a product of Shell Chemical Co. and 5 parts by weight of boron trifluoride/monoethylamine), placing the impregnated carbon fiber sheets in a mold to form a laminate, subjecting the laminate to vacuum drying at 40°C for 2 hours and heat-treated at 170°C for 3 hours under a pressure of 3 kg/cm 2 (29.4 ⁇ 10 4 Pa).
  • an epoxy resin a mixture of 100 parts by weight of Epikote 828 0 , a product of Shell Chemical Co. and 5 parts by weight of boron trifluoride/monoethylamine
  • the produced composite material flat plate is cut into a test piece measuring 18 mm in length (fiber direction), 12 mm in width and 2.5 mm in thickness. Then, this test piece is subjected to a three-point bending test under conditions including a span distance of 8 mm and a crosshead speed of 2.5 mm/min with an Autograph IS-2000 0 , manufactured by Shimadzu Seisakusho Co., and the interlayer shear strength is determined from a breaking strength.
  • a carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy resin flat plate having a thickness of 1.6 mm is prepared and cut into a test piece measuring 150 mm in length (fiber direction), 6 mm in width and 1.6 mm in thickness.
  • aluminum plates 45 mm long, 6 mm wide and 1 mm thick, are bonded to the top and back surfaces of each end of the test piece with an adhesive (Aron Alpha@, a product of Toa Gosei Kagaku Co.).
  • the breaking strength of the above-prepared test piece is measured by stretching the test piece at a stretch speed of 5 mm/min by using an Instron tensile tester, and the tensile strength is determined by dividing the obtained breaking strength by the cross-sectional area of the test piece.
  • the moisture regain for determining the degree of oxidation is measured according to the following procedures. Namely, about 2 g of an oxidized yarn is taken out and placed in a weighing bottle. This weighing bottle with its stop being opened is then placed in a desiccator containing a solid phase-containing, aqueous ammonium sulfate solution in the bottom, at room temperature for about 16 hours to permit the yarn to absorb moisture.
  • the yarn After withdrawal from the desiccator, the yarn is precisely weighed quickly and the weight at this time is represented by W i .
  • the above yarn is then placed in a weighing bottle, and this bottle with its stop being opened is placed in a dryer at 120°C for 2 hours. After quick application of the stop to the weighing bottle, the bottle is quickly transferred to a desiccator containing phosphorous pentaoxide in the bottom, and allowed to cool for 5 minutes in the desiccator. After cooling, the dry yarn is precisely weighed quickly, and the weight at this time is represented by W o .
  • the moisture regin is calculated from the formula:
  • the level of an oil finish adhered to an acrylonitrile polymer fiber is measured according to the following procedures. Namely, about 3 g of the fiber is taken out and precisely weighed. This weight is represented by W i .
  • the fiber is placed in a Soxhlet's extractor and the oil finish is extracted at about 70°C for about 2 hours with a methanol/chloroform (1/2) mixture.
  • the extracted oil finish solution is transferred to a platinum dish and evaporated to dryness, and the oil finish weight W 2 is precisely weighed.
  • the level of adhered oil finish is calculated from the formula:
  • the intrinsic viscosity [ ⁇ ] of an acrylonitrile polymer fiber is determined according to the following procedures.
  • the measurement of X-ray small angle scattering is carried out according to the following procedures. First, a carbon fiber bundle is cut into a 40-mm long piece and precisely weighed out to obtain a 40-mg sample. The sample is then arranged so that the fiber axes of the sample can be exactly parallel and then arranged into a 2-mm wide sample fiber bundle having a uniform thickness by means of a jig for sample arrangement. After fixing the sample to prevent deformation by impregnation with thin collodion, the sample fiber bundle is set on a sample mount for measuring X-ray small angle scattering intensity.
  • the scattering intensity in the position located at an angle of 1° with respect to the equatorial direction is measured with a scintillation counter by using a D-8C X-ray generator manufactured by Rigaku Denki Co., equipped with a small angle X-ray scattering equipment fitted with a slit and a collimator at an output of 40 kV and 20 mA.
  • the scattering by air is measured, and the difference between the scattering intensity of the sample and that of air is defined as small angle X-ray scattering intensity of the sample.
  • DMSO dimethyl sulfoxide
  • the spinneret used had a hole diameter of 0.05 mm and a hole number of 6,000.
  • the coagulation take-up speed was set at 12 m/min, and the coagulation tension was 190 mg/filament. After water washing, the coagulated filament was drawn at a ratio of 4 in hot water and subjected to a silicone oil finish treatment.
  • the silicone oil finish contained 85% by weight of stearyl alcohol EO, o , 5% by weight of di(nonylphenyl)dinonylphenyl phosphite and 10% by weight of polyether-modified polysiloxane(polydimethylpolysiloxane EO additives) and having a viscosity at 25°C of 1 P - g/cm 3.
  • This oil finish was applied at a level of 1.2%, and the filament was dried and densified by contacting it with the surface of a roller heated to 130 to 160°C and drawn at a ratio of 3 in pressured steam, 4.0 kg/cm 2 (39.2 . 10 4 Pa), to obtain a fiber bundle having a monofilament fineness of 1.1 dtex and a total denier of 6600 dtex.
  • the produced fiber bundle was subjected to the adsorption treatment for measuring its iodine adsorption level and skin layer thickness. The results were:
  • This fiber bundle was subjected to an air opening treatment (pressure 6.9 104 Pa) by using a ring nozzle and then converted into an oxidized fiber having an oxidation degree, in terms of moisture regain, of 4.2% by weight of applying a twist of 5 turns/m and heating at a draw ratio of 1.00 in air at 240 to 260°C.
  • a carbon fiber was obtained by carbonizing the oxidized fiber in a nitrogen atmosphere having a maximum temperature of 1,300°C under conditions in which the rates of temperature rise in the temperature range of 300 to 700°C was about 400°C/min and in the temperature range of 1,000 to 1,200°C was about 400°C/min.
  • the produced carbon fiber had an average monofilament tensile strength of 380 kg/mm 2 (3724 MPa), an average monofilament tensile elongation of 1.5%, a strand tensile strength of 455 kg/mm 2 (4459 MPa), a Young's modulus of elasticity of 24.9 ton/mm 2 and an elongation of 1.83%.
  • the proportion of monofilaments having a monofilament strength of not higher than 300 kg/mm 2 (2940 MPa) was 25%.
  • Figure 1 shows the photograph obtained.
  • the average length of the protruding portions of the carbon fiber ends was measured from the photograph of Figure 1. It was 7.8.10 -3 mm, and its ratio to the average carbon fiber monofilament diameter (6.10 -3 mm) was 1.3.
  • the number of the monofilaments having a protruding end having a length which was at least 5 times the diameter of the carbon fiber was about 15% of the total number.
  • the above carbon fiber was measured for a small angle X-ray diffraction intensity at an angle of 1°, and it was 1090 count/sec.
  • a composite material test piece was prepared from the above carbon fiber and an epoxy resin (a mixture of 100 parts by weight of Epikote 828 @ and 5 parts by weight of boron trifluoride/monoethylamine) and measured for interlayer shear strength and tensile strength. The results were 8.9 kg/mm 2 (87 - 104 Pa) and 240 kg/mm 2 (2352 MPa), respectively.
  • an epoxy resin a mixture of 100 parts by weight of Epikote 828 @ and 5 parts by weight of boron trifluoride/monoethylamine
  • Table 1 shows the strand properties of the carbon fiber bundles prepared by carrying out oxidation and carbonization in the same manner as in Example 1, except that the twist number of an acrylic continuous filament, the draw ratio and moisture regain (degree of oxidation) of the filament in an oxidizing atmosphere were varied as shown in Table 1.
  • Table 2 shows the strand properties and the like of carbon fiber bundles prepared in the same manner as in Example 1, except that the level of adhered silicone oil finish was varied.
  • Carbonization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1, except that the carbonization condition in a nitrogen atmosphere was varied as shown in Table 3.
  • Table 3 shows the strand properties of the produced carbon fiber bundles.
  • a modified polymer was prepared by blowing ammonia into a copolymer, intrinsic viscosity 1.75, consisting of 97 mol% of acrylonitrile (AN) and 3.0 mol% of methacrylic acid to thereby replace hydrogen atoms of carboxyl groups of the copolymer with ammonium groups. Then a dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solution was prepared which contained this modified copolymer at a concentration of 20% by weight. This solution was spun under almost the same condition as in Example 1 to obtain a fiber bundle having a monofilament fineness of 1.32 dtex and a total denier of 7920 dtex.
  • DMSO dimethyl sulfoxide
  • a silicone oil finish having the following composition was applied as a processing finish oil in a level of 1.2% by weight based on the fiber weight.
  • the obtained acrylic fiber was subjected to the iodine adsorption treatment, and its iodine adsorption level and skin layer thickness were measured.
  • the results were as follows:
  • This fiber bundle was subjected to an air opening treatment and a heat-treatment in the same manner as in Example 1, and then converted into an oxidized fiber having a degree of oxidation, in terms of moisture regain, of 4.3 to 4.9% by heat-treating the fiber bundle in air at 220 to 240°C at a draw ratio of 0.90, 1.05, 1.37 or 1.45. Then, each of the oxidized fibers was carbonized by using the same condition as in Example 1. Table 4 shows the strand properties of the produced carbon fibers.
  • Example 2 Using the same spinneret as in Example 1, the same polymer solution as in Example 1 was discharged into an aqueous DMSO solution having 50% for the concentration and maintained at 50°C. Taking-up was operated at the coagulation take-up speed of 4 m/min, followed by same treatment as in Example 1 such as washing with water, hot-water drawing, silicone-oil finishing, drying and densifying, and steam drawing, to obtain an acrylic fiber bundle having the monofilament fineness of 0.55 dtex and the total denier of 6600 dtex. The coagulation tension was 150 mg/filament.
  • the above prepared fiber bundle was found to have 1.6% for the iodine adsorption level and 1.4 10-3 mm for the skin layer thickness.
  • the acrylic fiber bundle was subjected to oxidation and carbonization in same manners as in Example 1 except that no twisting was applied to the fiber bundle and that the maximum carbonization temperature was raised to 1,400°C to obtain carbon fibers of which the average monofilament tensile strength was 570 kg/mm 2 (5586 MPa), the average monofilament tensile elongation being 1.9%, the strand tensile strength being 620 kg/mm 2 (6076 MPa), the elongation being 2.2%.
  • Monofilaments having a monofilament strength below 300 kg/mm 2 (2940 MPa) inclusive were contained at a ratio of 4%.
  • the average length of protruding portions of carbon fiber ends was determined to be 10.5 ⁇ 10- 3 mm, the ratio of which to the average carbon fiber monofilament diameter, 4.1 pm, is about 2.6.
  • the number of fiber ends protruding a length more than 5 times inclusive the diameter of the carbon fiber was about 30% of the total number of fibers.
  • test pieces of a composite material were prepared using the same matrix resin as in Example 1, and determinations were made of the interlayer shear strength and the tensile strength of the composite material, which were 8.3 kg/mm 2 (81.3 MPa) and 300 kg/mm 2 (2940 MPa), respectively.
  • a carbon fiber was obtained by carbonizing the above oxidized fiber in a nitrogen atmosphere having a maximum temperature of 1,300°C under conditions in which the rates of temperature rise in the temperature ranges of 300 to 700°C and 1,000 to 1,200°C were both 1,000°C/min.
  • the produced carbon fiber had an average monofilament tensile strength of 330 kg/mm 2 (3234 MPa), an average monofilament tensile elongation of 1.34%, a strand tensile strength of 390 kg/mm 2 (3822 MPa), a Young's modulus of elasticity of 23.8 ton/mm 2 and an elongation of 1.63%.
  • the proportion of the monofilaments having a monofilament strength of not higher than 300 kg/mm 2 (2940 MPa) was 36%.
  • the average length of the protruding portions of the carbon fiber ends was measured from the photograph of Figure 2, and it was 5.7 . 10-3 mm. Its ratio to the average diameter of the carbon fiber was 0.88. Furthermore, the above carbon fiber was measured for a small angle X-ray diffraction intensity at an angle of 1°. It was 1,270 count/sec.
  • Example 2 In the same manner as in Example 1, a composite material test piece was prepared from the above carbon fiber and an epoxy resin, and measured for interlayer shear strength and tensile elongation. The results were 8.8 kg/mm 2 (86.2 MPa) and 150 kg/mm 2 (1470 MPa), respectively.
  • a spinning dope having a polymer concentration of 19.5% by weight and a temperature of 65°C was prepared by dissolving a copolymer consisting of 99.7 mol% of acrylonitrile (AN) and 0.3 mol% of acrylic acid in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and this dope was discharged into a coagulation bath containing a 55% aqueous DMSO solution kept at nearly the same temperature (65°C) at an actual draft ratio of 3.5.
  • AN acrylonitrile
  • DMSO dimethyl sulfoxide
  • the spinneret used had a hole diameter of 0.06 mm and a hole number of 1,500.
  • the coagulate filament was washed with water, drawn in hot water and then drawn at a draw ratio of 4.5 so that the wet filament could have a moisture regain of about 200% by weight. Then 2% by weight of an organic oil finish, stearyl alcohol/ethylene oxide (20 mol) adduct, was applied to the filament in place of the silicone oil finish, and then filament was dried and densified around a heating drum having a surface temperature of 130°C. The produced dry fiber bundle was drawn at a ratio of 2.8 in pressured steam of a pressure of4 kg/cm2 (39.2 104 Pa) and dried again to obtain a fiber bundle having a monofilament fineness of 1.1 dtex and a total denier of 3300 dtex.
  • an organic oil finish stearyl alcohol/ethylene oxide (20 mol) adduct
  • Table 5 shows the properties and iodine adsorption level of the produced fiber bundle, the skin layer thickness of an iodine-containing filament and the quality of a carbon fiber bundle obtained from the above-produced fiber bundle.
  • the fiber bundle thus produced was oxidized by heating it for about 40 minutes at a tension of 0.18 g/dtex in a three-stage hot air circulation heating furnace maintained at temperatures of 230°C, 240°C and 250°C, and then carbonized for 5 minutes in a nitrogen atmosphere by raising the temperature from 300°C to 1,250°C at a rate of temperature rise of 800°C/min.

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1. Faisceau de fibres de carbone à haute résistance et à fort allongement, dans lequel la résistance et l'allongement, mesurés conformément à la méthode d'essai de traction sur écheveau telle que stipulée dans la norme industrielle japonaise (JIS)-R-7601 sont d'environ 420 à 650 kg/mm2 (4116 à 6370 MPa) et d'environ 1,7 à 2,5%, respectivement, et dans lequel les extrémités cassées des fibres de carbone font saillie sur la surface cassée de l'éprouvette utilisée dans cet essai de traction sur écheveau, et la longueur de saillie moyenne de ces extrémités cassées est d'environ 1,0 à 5,0 fois le diamètre du monofilament de fibres de carbone.
2. Faisceau de fibres de carbone à haute résistance et à fort allongement selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la longueur moyenne des extrémités cassées des fibres de carbone faisant saillie sur la surface cassée de l'éprouvette est de 1,2 à 3,0 fois le diamètre du monofilament de fibres de carbone.
3. Faisceau de fibres de carbone à haute résistance et à fort allongement selon les revendications 1 ou 2, dans lequel le nombre de fibres de carbone ayant une longueur de saillie des extrémités cassées sur la surface cassée de l'éprouvette de 5,0 à 20 fois le diamètre du monofilament représente de 10 à 80% du nombre total de monofilaments constituant le faisceau de fibres de carbone.
4. Faisceau de fibres de carbone à haute résistance et à fort allongement selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le faisceau de fibres de carbone a une résistance moyenne des monofilaments d'environ 350 à 600 kg/mm2 (3430 à 5880 MPa), un allongement moyen de monofilaments d'environ 1,4 à 2,2% et une résistance au cisaillement intercouche d'environ 8 à 10 kg/mm2 (78,4 à 98 MPa).
5. Faisceau de fibres de carbone à haute résistance et à fort allongement selon la revendication 4, dans lequel le faisceau de fibres de carbone à une résistance moyenne des monofilaments d'environ 400 à 600 kg/mm2 (3920 à 5880 MPa), un allongement moyen des monofilaments d'environ 1,6 à 2,2% et une résistance au cisaillement intercouche d'environ 8 à 9 kg/mm2 (78,4 à 88,2 MPa).
6. Faisceau de fibres de carbone à haute résistance et à fort allongement selon la revendication 3, dans lequel le nombre des monofilaments constituant le faisceau de fibres de carbone est d'environ 1 000 à 30 000 et le diamètre des monofilaments est d'environ 3 à 7· 10-3 mm.
7. Procédé pour produire un faisceau de fibres de carbone à haute résistance et à fort allongement, qui comprend un traitement par la chaleur d'un faisceau de fibres acryliques comprenant un polymère de l'acrylonitrile contenant au moins 95% en poids d'acrylonitrile, ce faisceau de fibres acryliques ayant un taux d'adsorption d'iode d'environ 1 à 3% en poids lorsqu'il est soumis à un traitement d'adsorption d'iode, la couche de peau formée autour de la coupe transversale des monofilaments par cette adsorption d'iode ayant environ 0,5 à 3 - 10-3 mm d'épaisseur, la finesse des monofilaments étant d'environ 0,44 à 1,65 dtex et le nombre total des monofilaments étant compris entre 1 000 et 30 000, conformément aux opérations suivantes:
(I) une opération de transformation de ce faisceau de fibres en un faisceau de fibres oxydées ayant une reprise d'eau d'environ 3,7 à 7,0% en poids par traitement thermique de ce faisceau de fibres sous tension dans une atmosphère oxydante à environ 200 à 350°C dans un état non retordu ou avec une torsion inférieure à 15 tours/m à un rapport d'étirage de 0,95 à 1,4 fois,
(II) une opération de carbonisage du faisceau de fibres oxydées produit en maintenant le faisceau de fibres en atmosphère inerte à une température d'au moins environ 1200°C et les vitesses de montée de la température dans les intervalles de température de 300 à 700°C et de 1000 à 1200°C étant d'environ 100 à 1000°C/min, respectivement.
8. Procédé de production d'un faisceau de fibres de carbone à haute résistance et à fort allongement selon la revendication 7, dans lequel ce faisceau de fibres, avant traitement thermique, contient environ 0,2 à 2% en poids par rapport au poids de fibres, d'un apparêt huileux principalement constitué d'un alcool supérieur et/ou d'un acide gras supérieur ainsi que d'un silicone et contenant un anti-oxydant organique, et est coagulé en effectuant la filature sous une tension de 0 à 250 mg/filament.
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