TY - JOUR TI - Testing and characterization of high-temperature degradation performance of para-aramid fibres AU - Zhu, Chunyan AU - Lin, Yanping AU - Zhang, Xiangai AU - Yang, Chen T2 - Industria Textila AB - Para-aramid fibres possess excellent properties, including high modulus, high strength, and high-temperature resistance, making them highly practical and cost-effective reinforcement materials. To further analyse the usage performance of para-aramid fibres under extreme conditions and explore their degradation behaviour and mechanisms at high temperatures, this paper investigates para-aramid fibres through high-temperature annealing. Various tests, including thermogravimetric analysis, infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, Ubbelohde viscometry, and universal material testing, were employed to analyse changes in the thermal degradation temperature, molecular structure, and mechanical properties of para-aramid fibres. Tests have shown that after high-temperature treatment of para-aramid fibres, different protruding particles and pits appear on the surface of the fibres, and the molecular structure gradually undergoes cleavage and cross-linking. This results in varying degrees of increase in the crystallinity, intrinsic viscosity, and apparent grain size of crystal planes in different directions of the para-aramid fibres with rising temperatures. On the other hand, the degree of orientation, the rate of the second type of lattice distortion, thermal performance, and mechanical properties show a declining trend. The thermal degradation conforms to the kinetics of a second-order reaction. DA - 2024/02/27/ PY - 2024 DO - 10.35530/IT.075.01.2023115 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 75 IS - 01 SP - 102 EP - 110 SN - 12225347 UR - http://revistaindustriatextila.ro/images/2024/1/013%20CHUNYAN%20ZHU%20INDUSTRIA%20TEXTILA%20no.1_2024.pdf Y2 - 2024/03/05/18:51:30 ER -