Influence of an oxidation of the carbon fiber surface by boiling nitric acid on the adhesion strength in carbon fiber-acrylate composites cured by electron beam

Surface and Interface Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 722-741

  Vautard, F ^a,b   Fioux, P ^a   Vidal, L ^a   Dentzer, J ^a   Schultz, J ^a   Nardin, M ^a   Defoort, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE HAUTE ALSACE   (France)

^b AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbon fibers; fiber matrix bond; interface; nitric acid; polymer matrix composites (PMCs)

Indexed keywords

ACRYLATE RESIN; CURING PROCESS; EB CURING; FIBER SURFACE; FIBER/MATRIX BONDS; HIGH DENSITY; HYDROXYL GROUPS; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; NANOMETRIC SCALE; POLYMERMATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); PULL-OUT TEST; ROUGH SURFACES; TIME-DEPENDENT OXIDATION; ULTRAVIOLET CURING;

ADHESION; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); CARBON FIBERS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CURING; ELECTRON BEAMS; FIBERS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OXIDATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOELECTRONS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; RESINS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

NITRIC ACID;

EID: 84873409393     PISSN: 01422421     EISSN: 10969918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sia.5147     Document Type: Article

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