Effects of Styrene-Acrylic Sizing on the Mechanical Properties of Carbon Fiber Thermoplastic Towpregs and Their Composites

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作者：
Bowman, Sean [1 ,2 ]
Jiang, Qiuran [2 ]
Memon, Hafeezullah [1 ,2 ]
Qiu, Yiping [2 ]
Liu, Wanshuang [1 ,2 ]
Wei, Yi [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Donghua Univ, Ctr Civil Aviat Composites, 2999 North Renmin Rd, Shanghai 201620, Peoples R China
[2] Donghua Univ, Coll Text, Minist Educ, Key Lab Text Sci & Technol, 2999 North Renmin Rd, Shanghai 201620, Peoples R China
来源：
MOLECULES | 2018年 / 23卷 / 03期
关键词：
carbon-fiber tows; styrene-acrylic sizing; towpregs; carbon fiber-thermoplastic composites; INTERFACIAL ADHESION; SURFACE; FIBER/EPOXY; DISPERSION; SULFONE;
D O I：
10.3390/molecules23030547
中图分类号：
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号：
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要：
Thermoplastic towpregs are convenient and scalable raw materials for the fabrication of continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic matrix composites. In this paper, the potential to employ epoxy and styrene-acrylic sizing agents was evaluated for the making of carbon fiber thermoplastic towpregs via a powder-coating method. The protective effects and thermal stability of these sizing agents were investigated by single fiber tensile test and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurement. The results indicate that the epoxy sizing agent provides better protection to carbon fibers, but it cannot be used for thermoplastic towpreg processing due to its poor chemical stability at high temperature. The bending rigidity of the tows and towpregs with two styrene-acrylic sizing agents was measured by cantilever and Kawabata methods. The styrene-acrylic sized towpregs show low torque values, and are suitable for further processing, such as weaving, preforming, and winding. Finally, composite panels were fabricated directly from the towpregs by hot compression molding. Both of the composite panels show superior flexural strength (>400 MPa), flexural modulus (>63 GPa), and interlaminar shear strength (>27 MPa), indicating the applicability of these two styrene-acrylic sizing agents for carbon fiber thermoplastic towpregs.
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