본문 바로가기
  • Home

Factorial design approach to assess the effect of fiber–matrix adhesion on the IFSS and work of adhesion of carbon fiber/polysulfone-modified epoxy composites

  • Carbon Letters
  • Abbr : Carbon Lett.
  • 2019, 29(4), pp.345-358
  • DOI : 10.1007/s42823-019-00039-7
  • Publisher : Korean Carbon Society
  • Research Area : Natural Science > Natural Science General > Other Natural Sciences General
  • Received : February 22, 2018
  • Accepted : May 24, 2019
  • Published : August 1, 2019

Cauich-Cupul Javier I. 1 Herrera-Franco Pedro J. 1 García-Hernández Edgar 2 Moreno-Chulim Veronica 1 Valadez-González Alex 1

1Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C. (CICY)
2Instituto Tecnológico de Zacatepec, Calzada Tecnológico

Accredited

ABSTRACT

A two-level full factorial design 22 with three replications was employed to assess the effect of the incorporation of PSF into the epoxy matrix and the surface treatment of carbon fibers on the work of adhesion (WA) and the interfacial shear strength (IFSS) of carbon fiber–epoxy composites. The IFSS was determined using the microbond (or microdrop) micromechanical test, and the work of adhesion was estimated using two different procedures: (1) using the Owens and Wendt method, and (2) from the Dupre–Young expression using the contact angle θ of a cured epoxy resin on a single carbon fiber and the surface energy of the cured epoxy resin. It was found that the treatment of the carbon fiber with the silane-coupling agent appreciably increases its polar component because of the nitric acid oxidation and the chemisorption of the silane-coupling agent onto the carbon fiber surface. Also, the O=S=O group present in the polysulfone chain resin fairly increases the polar component of the epoxy–PSF blend. The results show that the wetting of the silane-treated carbon fiber by the thermoplastic-modified epoxy resin is better, thus increasing the fiber–matrix adhesion. It was also found that there is a similarity between the trends of both, the IFSS and the WA results. Also, from the ANOVA results it was also seen that both the incorporation of the PSF to the epoxy matrix and the surface treatment of the carbon fibers and their interaction were statistically significant to the IFSS and the WA.

Citation status

This is the result of checking the information with the same ISSN, publication year, volume, and start page between the WoS and the KCI journals. (as of 2023-07-14)

Total Citation Counts(KCI+WOS) (12) This is the number of times that the duplicate count has been removed by comparing the citation list of WoS and KCI.

Scopus Citation Counts (12) This is the result of checking the information with the same ISSN, publication year, volume, and start page between articles in KCI and the SCOPUS journals. (as of 2024-07-01)

* References for papers published after 2023 are currently being built.