Carbon fibres made from rayon (cellulose) precursor fibres.
Note:
Rayon-based carbon fibres have a more
isotropic structure than similarly heat-treated polyacrylonitrile (
PAN)- or
mesophase pitch (MPP)-based carbon fibres.
Their
Young's modulus values are therefore drastically lower
(
; tensile strength
).
Rayon-based carbon fibres can be transformed into anisotropic carbon fibres with high strength and
Young's modulus values by hot-stretching treatment at temperatures of approximately
.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 473
(Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 503
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
doi:10.1351/goldbook.
