Interlaminar and Ductile Characteristics of Carbon Fibers-Reinforced Plastics Produced by Nanoscaled Electroless Nickel Plating on Carbon Fiber Surfaces
✍ Scribed by Soo-Jin Park; Yu-Sin Jang; Kyong-Yop Rhee
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 239 KB
- Volume
- 245
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9797
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✦ Synopsis
In this work, a new method based on nanoscaled Ni-P alloy coating on carbon fiber surfaces is proposed for the improvement of interfacial properties between fibers and epoxy matrix in a composite system. Fiber surfaces and the mechanical interfacial properties of composites were characterized by atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectrometry (XPS), interlaminar shear strength (ILSS), and impact strength. Experimental results showed that the O(1s)/C(1s) ratio or Ni and P amounts had been increased as the electroless nickel plating proceeded; the ILSS had also been slightly improved. The impact properties were significantly improved in the presence of Ni-P alloy on carbon fiber surfaces, increasing the ductility of the composites. This was probably due to the effect of substituted Ni-P alloy, leading to an increase of the resistance to the deformation and the crack initiation of the epoxy system.