Improved strength and toughness of carbon woven fabric composites with functionalized MWCNTs

Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4640-4657

  Soliman, Eslam ^a   Kandil, Usama ^b   Taha, Mahmoud Reda ^c  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b EGYPTIAN PETROLEUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Epoxy; FTIR; Functionalization; Toughness; Woven fabric

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; TOUGHNESS; WEAVING;

CARBOXYL-FUNCTIONALIZED; EPOXY; FTIR; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; WOVEN FABRIC COMPOSITES; WOVEN FABRICS;

CARBON;

EID: 84903155187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma7064640     Document Type: Article

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