Study on interfacial adhesion strength of single glass fibre/polypropylene model composites by altering the nature of the surface of sized glass fibres

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1523-1529

  Zhuang, R C ^a   Burghardt, T ^b   Mader E ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b Johns Manville   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Coupling agents; A. Glass fibres; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Interfacial strength; B. Surface treatments

Indexed keywords

3-AMINOPROPYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; B. INTERFACIAL STRENGTH; B. SURFACE TREATMENTS; BOILING WATER; GLASS FIBRES; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; INTERFACIAL ADHESION STRENGTH; INTERFACIAL STRENGTH; MODEL COMPOSITES; WATER CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

ADHESION; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTACT ANGLE; COUPLING AGENTS; FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GLASS FIBERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INORGANIC COATINGS; POLYPROPYLENES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TREATMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOLUENE; WATER TREATMENT; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

ADHESION; COUPLING AGENT; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; HYDROPHILIC PROPERTY; HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTY; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; POLYPROPYLENE; STRENGTH; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT;

EID: 77954425948     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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