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US3716331A
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  • ABSTRACT Carbon fibers having a high Youngs modulus are produced by a process which comprises longitudinally stressing partially carbonized cellulosic base fibers by means of an applied tensional force while concurrently subjecting them to a carbonizing treatment.
  • the resultant stress carbonized fibers can then be subjected to a stress graphitizing treatment, if desired.
  • the present invention relates to an improved process for producing carbon fibers from cellulosic materials and to the fibers so produced.
  • carbon is intended to include both the non-graphitic and graphitic forms of carbon.
  • Carbon is an element which possesses many interesting and useful chemical and physical properties. It is a material which both can be found in nature and produced synthetically. Carbon is a readily processible material and can be fashioned into almost any intricate shape or pattern. Today, the uses of carbon in commerce and industry are myriad.
  • a textile form of fibrous graphite is disclosed and claimed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,107,152, which issued to CE. Ford and CV. Mitchell on Oct. 15, 1963.
  • the process for producing fibrous graphite disclosed therein comprises heating a cellulosic starting material in an inert atmosphere at progressively higher temperatures for various times until a temperature of about 900C. is achieved followed by further heating in a suitable protective atmosphere at higher temperatures until substantial graphitization occurs.
  • the product produced by this process exhibits the chemical I this material is produced by a process which comprises stretching a substantially all carbon fiber while it is being heated to graphitizing temperatures.
  • the subject invention is accomplished by a process which comprises concurrently longitudinally stressing a partially carbonized cellulosic base fiber while subjecting it to a carbonizing temperature in the range of from about 250 to 900C. so that a given length of the resultant, stretched fiber is at least 5 percent longer than it would have been had it been carbonized in a stress-free manner.
  • the so-produced nongraphitic carbon fiber exhibits a higher Youngs modulus of elasticity than heretofore obtainable in non-graphitic carbon fibers produced by conventional techniques.
  • the non-graphitic carbon fiber so-produced is especially amenable to conventional stress graphitizing treatments.
  • non-graphitic carbon fibers stress carbonized by the technique of the instant invention which were subsequently stress graphitized at a force of 400 grams per two ply exhibited a Youngs modulus and breaking strength of 52 X 10 lb/in and 280,000 lb/in respectively, while fibers produced by the practice of the prior art, i.e., by stress graphitizing a conventionally carbonized fiber, required a force of 1300 grams per 2 ply to duplicate these physical properties.
  • Fibers suitable for the practice of the invention are those which upon carbonization do not melt or fuse but which when so heat treated tend to lose their inherent orientation.
  • fibers suitable for the practice of the invention are fibers of either natural or based on the starting cellulosic material in the range of from about 20 percent to about 50 percent. Both of these techniques are described in detail in Ser. No. 224,989, filed Sept. 20, 1962, now U. S. Pat. No. 3,305,313, issued Feb. 21, 1967, which has been assigned to the same assignee as the instant application.
  • EXAMPLE I An apparatus was constructed for stretching carbonaceous fibers, preferably in yarn form, at elevated temperatures.
  • This apparatus consisted of a vertically positioned, electric resistance heated hollow tube furnace having a length of approximately 2 feet and a diameter of 2 inches; a graphite rod positioned across the top of the tube furnace; and an atmosphere control system for regulating the atmosphere in the hot zone of the furnace.
  • a partially pre-carbonized yarn prepared by heating a 1650 denier, 720 filament, 1 ply rayon yarn to a temperature of about 250C. was doubled over the support rod and passed through the apparatus. The yarn was joined together at the two ends and the desired weight (see Table l) was attached thereto which thereby put the yarn under a longitudinally applied tension or stress.
  • the fibers in the furnace were then gradually heated to carbonizing temperatures.
  • the heating schedule was 600C./hr. from room temperature to 900C. followed by an immediate cooling at an initial rate of approximately 400C./hr.
  • the 400C./hr. cool-off rate rapidly decayed so that the approximate time from 900C. to room temperature was about 16 hours.
  • An argon atmosphere was maintained in the furnace both while the yarn was being heated and cooled.
  • the amount of stretch which the yarn experienced during the stress carbonization was measured with a precision cathetometer.
  • the partially carbonized cellulosic starting material inherently shrinks while it is being completely carbonized. Accordingly, the per cent of effective stretch reported in Table 1 below is determined by measuring the difference in length between a unit length of stress carbonized material and a similar unit length of material carbonized in a stressfree manner and dividing that value by the length of the stress-free carbonized material followed by multiplying the obtained value by 100. The foregoing is the meaning to be applied to the term percent effective stretch when used herein and in the appended claims.
  • Table 1 presents data which illustrates the resultant properties of carbon fibers stress carbonized by the foregoing technique.
  • sample number 1 the Youngs modulus and tensile strength figures evidenced by sample number 1 represent those properties which are obtained by carbonizing a rayon yarn by conventional techniques.
  • a process for producing a high Youngs modulus of elasticity non-graphitic carbon fiber which comprises:
  • non-graphitic carbon fiber is stress graphitized by heating said fiber to a temperature of about 2800C. while applying a stressing force thereto sufficient to permanently stretch said fiber.

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Carbon fibers having a high Young''s modulus are produced by a process which comprises longitudinally stressing partially carbonized cellulosic base fibers by means of an applied tensional force while concurrently subjecting them to a carbonizing treatment. The resultant stress carbonized fibers can then be subjected to a stress graphitizing treatment, if desired.

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United States Patent [1 1 Schalamon et al.
[4 1 Feb. 13,1973
PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARBON FIBERS HAVING A HIGH YOUNG'S MODULUS OF ELASTICITY Inventors: Wesley A. Schalamon, Elyria; Roger Bacon, Olmstead Falls, both of Ohio Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation, New
York,N.Y.
Filed: April 10, 1970 Appl. No.: 28,167
Related U.S. Application Data Continuation of Ser. No. 610,789, Jan. 23, 1967, abandoned.
U.S. Cl ..423/447 Int. Cl. ..C0lb 31/07 Field of Search....23/209.l, 209.2, 209.4, 209.3;
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 8/1968 Hough et a1. ..23/209.3 X
McCreight Ceramic and Graphite Fibers copyright 1965, Academic Press, pages 55-60 Primary ExaminerEdward .1. Meros Attorney-Paul A. Rose, Robert C. Cummings and Frederick F. McCarthy, Jr.
[57 ABSTRACT Carbon fibers having a high Youngs modulus are produced by a process which comprises longitudinally stressing partially carbonized cellulosic base fibers by means of an applied tensional force while concurrently subjecting them to a carbonizing treatment. The resultant stress carbonized fibers can then be subjected to a stress graphitizing treatment, if desired.
7 Claims, No Drawings PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARBON FIBERS HAVING A HIGH YOUNG'S MODULUS OF ELASTICITY CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 610,789, filed Jan. 23, 1967, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improved process for producing carbon fibers from cellulosic materials and to the fibers so produced. As used herein and in the appended claims, carbon is intended to include both the non-graphitic and graphitic forms of carbon.
2. Description of the Prior Art Carbon is an element which possesses many interesting and useful chemical and physical properties. It is a material which both can be found in nature and produced synthetically. Carbon is a readily processible material and can be fashioned into almost any intricate shape or pattern. Today, the uses of carbon in commerce and industry are myriad.
Presently, most of the carbon articles used in industry are produced by a process which comprises mixing non-graphitic carbon particles with a carbonizable binder, extruding or molding the so-produced mixture into the desired shape or article and, subsequently, heating it to a temperature sufficient to carbonize the binder phase. If, during this heating the maximum temperature which the resultant article experiences is of the order of 700-900C., it is said to be a non-graphitic all carbon article. However, if the article is further heated to a temperature of the order of 20002500C. and higher, it is said to be converted to a graphitic form of carbon and is generally called graphite.
Recently, there has been introduced to the carbon art carbon in the form of a textile. This form of carbon is unique in that it possesses the flexibility of a textile phite fiber has become commercially available. Briefly,
while at the same time is characterized by the electrical and chemical properties associated with conventionally formed carbon articles.
U.S. Pat.No. 3,011,981 which issued Dec. 5, 1961 to W.T. Soltes describes and claims a method for manufacturing carbon in a textile form. Briefly, the process disclosed therein comprises heating a cellulosic textile in an inert atmosphere at a progressively higher temperature until substantial carbonization of the textile occurs. The resultant product possesses the chemical and physical attributes exhibited by conventionally formed carbon articles while at the same time it retains the flexibility and other physical characteristics associated with the textile starting material, such as hand and drape.
A textile form of fibrous graphite is disclosed and claimed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,107,152, which issued to CE. Ford and CV. Mitchell on Oct. 15, 1963. Broadly stated, the process for producing fibrous graphite disclosed therein comprises heating a cellulosic starting material in an inert atmosphere at progressively higher temperatures for various times until a temperature of about 900C. is achieved followed by further heating in a suitable protective atmosphere at higher temperatures until substantial graphitization occurs. The product produced by this process exhibits the chemical I this material is produced by a process which comprises stretching a substantially all carbon fiber while it is being heated to graphitizing temperatures.
Although this improved form of graphite fiber possesses properties which are unobtained in graphite fibers produced via the methods disclosed by both Soltes and Ford, et al, the method of producing it suffers from at least one serious processing difficulty. Namely, the high force necessary to achieve both maximum strength and a high Youngs modulus is a limiting factor during the stress graphitization of the already carbonized fiber. That is, in order to obtain optimum strength and modulus values, the amountof stress required is dangerously close to the breaking stress of the carbon fiber. Needless to say, such close limits are not conducive to a successful commercial operation.
SUMMARY Briefly, the subject invention is accomplished by a process which comprises concurrently longitudinally stressing a partially carbonized cellulosic base fiber while subjecting it to a carbonizing temperature in the range of from about 250 to 900C. so that a given length of the resultant, stretched fiber is at least 5 percent longer than it would have been had it been carbonized in a stress-free manner. The so-produced nongraphitic carbon fiber exhibits a higher Youngs modulus of elasticity than heretofore obtainable in non-graphitic carbon fibers produced by conventional techniques. In addition, the non-graphitic carbon fiber so-produced is especially amenable to conventional stress graphitizing treatments. For example, non-graphitic carbon fibers stress carbonized by the technique of the instant invention which were subsequently stress graphitized at a force of 400 grams per two ply exhibited a Youngs modulus and breaking strength of 52 X 10 lb/in and 280,000 lb/in respectively, while fibers produced by the practice of the prior art, i.e., by stress graphitizing a conventionally carbonized fiber, required a force of 1300 grams per 2 ply to duplicate these physical properties.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION Fibers suitable for the practice of the invention are those which upon carbonization do not melt or fuse but which when so heat treated tend to lose their inherent orientation. Specifically, fibers suitable for the practice of the invention are fibers of either natural or based on the starting cellulosic material in the range of from about 20 percent to about 50 percent. Both of these techniques are described in detail in Ser. No. 224,989, filed Sept. 20, 1962, now U. S. Pat. No. 3,305,313, issued Feb. 21, 1967, which has been assigned to the same assignee as the instant application.
The present invention will now be described in greater detail in the following examples.
EXAMPLE I An apparatus was constructed for stretching carbonaceous fibers, preferably in yarn form, at elevated temperatures. This apparatus consisted of a vertically positioned, electric resistance heated hollow tube furnace having a length of approximately 2 feet and a diameter of 2 inches; a graphite rod positioned across the top of the tube furnace; and an atmosphere control system for regulating the atmosphere in the hot zone of the furnace. A partially pre-carbonized yarn prepared by heating a 1650 denier, 720 filament, 1 ply rayon yarn to a temperature of about 250C. was doubled over the support rod and passed through the apparatus. The yarn was joined together at the two ends and the desired weight (see Table l) was attached thereto which thereby put the yarn under a longitudinally applied tension or stress. The fibers in the furnace were then gradually heated to carbonizing temperatures. The heating schedule was 600C./hr. from room temperature to 900C. followed by an immediate cooling at an initial rate of approximately 400C./hr. The 400C./hr. cool-off rate rapidly decayed so that the approximate time from 900C. to room temperature was about 16 hours. An argon atmosphere was maintained in the furnace both while the yarn was being heated and cooled. The amount of stretch which the yarn experienced during the stress carbonization was measured with a precision cathetometer.
It should be noted here that the partially carbonized cellulosic starting material inherently shrinks while it is being completely carbonized. Accordingly, the per cent of effective stretch reported in Table 1 below is determined by measuring the difference in length between a unit length of stress carbonized material and a similar unit length of material carbonized in a stressfree manner and dividing that value by the length of the stress-free carbonized material followed by multiplying the obtained value by 100. The foregoing is the meaning to be applied to the term percent effective stretch when used herein and in the appended claims.
Table 1 presents data which illustrates the resultant properties of carbon fibers stress carbonized by the foregoing technique.
Note: the 5 gm/Z ply force applied to sample 1 was simply to align the fiber within the furnace during its carbonization. it is believed that this force did not exert any significant stress on the yarn as it was being carbonized. Accordingly, the Youngs modulus and tensile strength figures evidenced by sample number 1 represent those properties which are obtained by carbonizing a rayon yarn by conventional techniques.
Although not included in Table 1 additional experimental data indicates that an effective stretch of at least 5 percent must be achieved during the stress carbonizing procedure to insure that so-treated fibers will exhibit significantly improved properties. An effective stretch of 5 percent has been found to produce fibers which have a Youngs modulus of elasticity of at least 6.2 X 10 lb/in.
EXAMPLE ll Using the same technique, apparatus and type of starting fiber as described in Example 1, fibers were stress carbonized by applying a tensional force of 400 gm/2 ply while concurrently heating them to a temperature of approximately 900C. These stress curbonized fibers were then graphitized by heating them to 2800C. under essentially no load conditions. The properties 0f the fibers so-produced are presented in Table 11. In order to produce graphite fibers exhibiting similar properties by conventional stress graphitizing techniques, it was necessary to employ a stressing force which was twice as great as that required by the stress carbonizing method. For comparison, properties of fibers produced by the technique of the instant invention and by the prior art method are presented in Table II.
Table 11 Effective Force on temp. range Youngs fibers over which force Modulus Tensile Method (gm/2 ply) was applied (C) (10 lb/in) Strength Stress Carbonizing 400 250-900 23.4 180,000 (followed by stress free graphitization to 2800 C.) Stress Graphitizing 800 -2800 23.0 175,000 (prior art) From the foregoing data, it is clear that the instant invention provides a method for producing high modulus fibers without requiring that they be subjected to high stresses during their subsequent graphitization.
EXAMPLE ill Table 111 Effective temp. range Force on over which Youn s Tensile fibers force was ModuFus Strength Method gm/2 ply aptlged lb /in= (lb Iim Stress Carbonized 450 250-900 (and subsequently) Stress Graphitized 400 900-2900 52 280,000 Stress Graphitized (prior art) 1300 1000-2800 55 290,000
From a review of the date presented in Table 111, it is seen that stress carbonizi'ng reduces the amount of stressing required to produce high modulus, high strength, fibers by stress graphitizing already carbonized fibers.
What is claimed is:
l. A process for producing a high Youngs modulus of elasticity non-graphitic carbon fiber which comprises:
a. heating a partially carbonized carbonaceous fiber at a temperature of from about 250C. to about 900C. to substantially completely carbonize said fiber said partially carbonized carbonaceous fiber having been produced by the heat treatment of a cellulosic fiber at a temperature in the range of from about 100C. to about 350C. until the fiber has undergone an approximate weight loss based on the starting cellulosic material in the range of from about 20 percent to about 50 percent, while;
b. concurrently stretching said fiber by means of an applied tensional force an amount sufficient to achieve a percent effective stretch of at least 5 percent.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein said partially carbonized carbonaceous fiber is substantially completely carbonized in an inert atmosphere.
3. The process of claim 1 wherein said partially carbonized carbonaceous fiber is produced by heating a cellulosic fiber at a temperature in the range of from about 150 to about 350C.
4. The process of claim 1 wherein said partially carbonized carbonaceous fiber is produced by heating a cellulosic fiber which has been treated with phosphoric acid to a temperature in the range of from about to about 350C.
5. The process of claim 1 wherein said non-graphitic carbon fiber is graphitized by heating it to a temperature in excess of 2000C.
6. The process of claim 1 wherein said non-graphitic carbon fiber is stress graphitized by heating said fiber to a temperature of about 2800C. while applying a stressing force thereto sufficient to permanently stretch said fiber.
7. The process of claim 1 wherein said partially carbonized carbonaceous fiber is in yarn form.

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1. A process for producing a high Young''s modulus of elasticity non-graphitic carbon fiber which comprises: a. heating a partially carbonized carbonaceous fiber at a temperature of from about 250*C. to about 900*C. to substantially completely carbonize said fiber , said partially carbonized carbonaceous fiber having been produced by the heat treatment of a cellulosic fiber at a temperature in the range of from about 100*C. to about 350*C. until the fiber has undergone an approximate weight loss based on the starting cellulosic material in the range of from about 20 percent to about 50 percent, while; b. concurrently stretching said fiber by means of aN applied tensional force an amount sufficient to achieve a percent effective stretch of at least 5 percent.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein said partially carbonized carbonaceous fiber is substantially completely carbonized in an inert atmosphere.
3. The process of claim 1 wherein said partially carbonized carbonaceous fiber is produced by heating a cellulosic fiber at a temperature in the range of from about 150 to about 350*C.
4. The process of claim 1 wherein said partially carbonized carbonaceous fiber is produced by heating a cellulosic fiber which has been treated with phosphoric acid to a temperature in the range of from about 100* to about 350*C.
5. The process of claim 1 wherein said non-graphitic carbon fiber is graphitized by heating it to a temperature in excess of 2000*C.
6. The process of claim 1 wherein said non-graphitic carbon fiber is stress graphitized by heating said fiber to a temperature of about 2800*C. while applying a stressing force thereto sufficient to permanently stretch said fiber.
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