Chemical stress cracking of acrylic fibres |
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Authors: | J. Herms L. H. Peebles Jr D. R. Uhlmann |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139 Cambridge, MA, USA;(2) Present address: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, USA;(3) Present address: Office of Naval Research, 800 North Quincy St., 22217 Arlington, VA, USA |
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Abstract: | The generation of periodic microscopic transverse cracks in oriented acrylic fibres immersed in hot alkaline hypochlorite solution is described in detail and shown to be a variety of chemical stress cracking. It is greatly accelerated by external tensile stress, high fibre permeability, moderate fibre orientation, and water-plasticization. The proposed mechanism for bond cleavage involves cyclization of nitrile groups (similar to the prefatory reaction in pyrolysis of acrylic fibres), followed immediately by N-chlorination and chain scission. Mechanical retractile forces (internal or external) then cause chain retraction and crack growth. Despite the remarkable regularity of the crack pattern, which typically resembles a series of stacked lamellae, the process is independent of any such underlying fibre morphology. The cracking process does, however, appear to be a sensitive indicator of residual latent strain in the fibre, which may persist even after high-temperature annealing. |
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