Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14061100
Keywords
epoxy resins; light-weighting components; differential scanning calorimetry; kinetic parameters; carbon-fiber-reinforced composites; mechanical properties; aerospace applications
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Funding
- CONACYT through the FORDECYT [296176]
- National Lab in Additive Manufacturing, 3D Digitizing, and Computed Tomography (MADiT) [LN299129]
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This study investigated the kinetic parameters of a modified epoxy resin during the cross-linking process and evaluated the mechanical properties of carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer composites using thermosetting polymers. The results suggest that specific processing conditions can achieve good mechanical properties of the composite materials.
In this study, the kinetic parameters belonging to the cross-linking process of a modified epoxy resin, Aerotuf 275-34 (TM), were investigated. Resin curing kinetics are crucial to understanding the structure-property-processing relationship for manufacturing high-performance carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer composites (CFRPCs). The parameters were obtained using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements and the Flynn-Wall-Ozawa, Kissinger, Borchardt-Daniels, and Friedman approaches. The DSC thermograms show two exothermic peaks that were deconvoluted as two separate reactions that follow autocatalytic models. Furthermore, the mechanical properties of produced carbon fiber/Aerotuf 275-34 (TM) laminates using thermosetting polymers such as epoxies, phenolics, and cyanate esters were evaluated as a function of the conversion degree, and a close correlation was found between the degree of curing and the ultimate tensile strength (UTS). We found that when the composite material is cured at 160 degrees C for 15 min, it reaches a conversion degree of 0.97 and a UTS value that accounts for 95% of the maximum value obtained at 200 degrees C (180 MPa). Thus, the application of such processing conditions could be enough to achieve good mechanical properties of the composite laminates. These results suggest the possibility for the development of strategies towards manufacturing high-performance materials based on the modified epoxy resin (Aerotuf 275-34 (TM)) through the curing process.
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