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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1983
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Domenick E Cagliostro, Berkeley, CA (US);
Narcinda R Lerner, Woodside, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4234476 ; 4234472 ; 4234477 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method of carbonizing polyacrylonitrile fibers (PAN fibers) by exposing the fibers at an elevated temperature to an oxidizing atmosphere, then exposing the oxidized fibers to an atmosphere of an inert gas such as nitrogen containing a carbonaceous material such as acetylene. The fibers are preferably treated with an organic compound, for example benzoic acid, before the exposure to an oxidizing atmosphere. The invention also relates to the resulting fibers. The treated fibers have enhanced tensile strength.