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STUDIES of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon fibres have demonstrated a concentric three-zone skin–sheath–core structure1–7 originating in the oxidation of the percursor fibre before pyrolysis heat-treatment5,6. I describe here an electrolytic oxidation treatment that is effective in showing up different zones in carbon fibre sections.
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MANDERS, P. Carbon fibre structure by electrolytic etching. Nature 271, 142–143 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/271142a0
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