Effect of Fiber Length on Thermomechanical Properties of Short Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Composites

Abstract

Carbon fiber reinforced composites have all the ideal properties, leading to their rapid development and successful use for many applications over the last decade. In this paper, short carbon fiber reinforced polypropylene (SCF/PP) composite were prepared with melt blending and hot-pressing techniques. The thermomechanical properties of this composite were investigated taking into account the combined effect of mean fiber length. Thermal stability of the composite was studied via the thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) was used to measure the damping properties of the composites. Finally it can be shown that an increase in fiber length can enhance the thermal stability of SCF/PP composites and improve the damping properties as well.

Department(s)

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

Composites; Polypropylene; Carbon Fibers; Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA); Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA); Blending; Carbon; Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics; Damping; Dynamic Analysis; Dynamic Mechanical Analysis; Fibers; Forming; Gravimetric Analysis; Hot Pressing; Mechanical Properties; Plastic Products; Polypropylenes; Reinforced Plastics; Thermodynamic Stability; Thermomechanical Treatment; Thermoplastics

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0264-1275; 0261-3069

Document Type

Article - Journal

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2009 Elsevier, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Feb 2009

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