Structural carbon/epoxy prepregs properties comparison by thermal and rheological analyses

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1143-1153

  Costa, Michelle Leali ^a   Rezende, Mirabel Cerqueira ^a   de Paiva, Jane Maria Faulstich ^b   Botelho, Edson Cocchieri ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE AERONÁUTICA E ESPAÇO   (Brazil)

^b Centro Universitario Adventista de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cure behavior; Cure kinetics; Prepreg; Rheological properties; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CURING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; GLASS TRANSITION; REACTION KINETICS; RHEOLOGY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ARRHENIUS METHOD; CURE BEHAVIOR; CURE KINETICS; PREPREG SYSTEM;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CURING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; GLASS TRANSITION; REACTION KINETICS; RHEOLOGY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CALORIMETRY; CARBON FIBER; CURING; EPOXY RESIN; KINETICS; PREPREG; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 33749000856     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550600887251     Document Type: Article

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