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The spinnability in pre-gelled gel spinning of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor fibers was investigated. The spinning solutions were aged at 25 °C for different times prior to fiber spinning. The pre-gelled spinning solution aged for 2.5 h was much more strain hardening than the ungelled one, which can increase the spinnability of the solution. The maximum take-up velocity of the first winding roller V 1m, which reflects the spinnability of the spinning solutions, was found to be largest when the aging time was 1.5 h. The spinnability increased with the increase of the air gap length and the lengthdiameter ratio L/D of the spinnerette. Once the L/D increased beyond 15, the spinnability hardly changed. The fibers spun from the spinning solution aged for 1.5 h had the best mechanical properties and favorable structure, showing that good spinnability favors the performance increase of resultant PAN precursor fibers.
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Liu, S., Jiang, H., Du, W. et al. Spinnability in pre-gelled gel spinning of polyacrylonitrile precursor fibers. Fibers Polym 13, 846–849 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-012-0846-9
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