Manufacturing and characterization of carbon fibre/epoxy composite prepregs containing carbon nanotubes

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1412-1420

  Siddiqui, Naveed A ^a   Khan, Shafi Ullah ^a   Ma, Peng Cheng ^a   Li, Chi Yin ^a   Kim, Jang Kyo ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibre; A. Prepreg; B. Thermal properties; Carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON FIBRE; CARBON FIBRE-REINFORCED POLYMER; CFRP COMPOSITES; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; CURE BEHAVIOUR; CURE PARAMETER; DEGREE OF CURE; FILLER CONTENTS; FUNCTIONALISATION; HIGH-SPEED SHEAR; PREPREGS; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; RHEOLOGICAL STUDIES; SOLVENTLESS;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CURING; MANUFACTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 80052028741     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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