Atmospheric plasma fluorination as a means to improve the mechanical properties of short-carbon fibre reinforced poly (vinylidene fluoride)

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1115-1122

  Ho, Kingsley K C ^a   Kolliopoulos, Alexandros ^a   Lamoriniere, Steven ^a   Greenhalgh, Emile S ^a   Bismarck, Alexander ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibre; B. Mechanical properties; D. Mechanical testing; E. Injection moulding

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON FIBRE; ATMOSPHERIC PLASMAS; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BRITTLE FAILURES; BULK MATRICES; CARBON FIBRES; E.INJECTION MOULDING; FIBRE LENGTH; FRACTURE SURFACES; INJECTION MOULDING; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; SCREW MIXER; SHORT FIBRE; SHORT FIBRE COMPOSITES; TEST SPECIMENS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CARBON FIBERS; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBERS; FLUORINATION; FLUORINE; HALOGENATION; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENES; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77955423944     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.04.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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