Production and assessment of polycarbonate composites reinforced with vapour-grown carbon fibres

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 401-407

  Carneiro, O S ^a   Covas, J A ^a   Bernardo, C A ^a   Caldeira, G ^a   Van Hattum, F W J ^a   Ting, J M ^b   Alig, R L ^c   Lake, M L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Applied Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPOUNDING (CHEMICAL); CRACKING (CHEMICAL); IMPACT RESISTANCE; INJECTION MOLDING; METHANE; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYCARBONATES; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITES, CARBON-FIBRE-REINFORCED; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0032030132     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00138-3     Document Type: Article

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