“…It must be pointed out that, the thermal treatment of the PAN fibres has been extensively studied due to the final mechanical features of the obtained CF are hardly dependent of the conditions in which it is realized. Therefore, and taking into account that it is not the main goal of this work and the existence of a wide literature about it (Fitzer et al 1986, Rahaman et al 2007, Yusofa et al 2012), a strict analysis of the results presented in Figures 1 and 2 will not be realized. In summary, PANOX fibres carbonization produces an important loss of mass, higher than 50 % (Figure 1), which takes place mainly through the volatile release, above all as oxygen-containing compounds (CO, CO2, H2O) and nitrogen-containing compounds (NH3, HCN, CH3CN) (Figure 2), which leads to a carbon enrichment of the final CF.…”