Carbon fiber composites microscopy studies

Yen, C. E.. and Tittman. B, R. (1995), Fiber-matrix interface study of carbon-carbon composites using ultrasonics and acoustic microscopy. Composites Engineering. 5. 6. 649 661. 

Figure 8.10 Variation of filament elongation with catalyst particle diameter. Source Reprinted with permission from Figueiredo JL, Bernardo CA, Baker RTK, Huttinger KJ eds., Carbon Fibers Filaments and Composites, Baker RTK, Electron Microscopy Studies of the Catalytic Growth of Carbon Filaments, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 414, 1990. Copyright 1990, Springer.

Source. Reprinted with permission from Baker RTK, Electron microscopy studies of the catalytic growth of carbon filaments, Carbon Fibers Filaments and Composites,... 

Figure 12.52 AFM Image of carbon fiber. Source Reprinted from Zhdan PA, Bors M, Castle JE, In s/ fuscanning force microscopy (SFM) study of the electrochemical activations of carbon fibres, Composite Sci Techno 58(3-4), 559-570, 1998.

Sturm H, Schulz E, Atomic force microscopy with simultaneous ac conductivity contrast for the analysis of carbon fibre surfaces. Composites Part A—Appl Sci Manuf, 27(9), 677-684, 1996. Zhdan PA, Grey D, Castle JE, Surface structure of the PAN based carbon fibers studied by the scanning probe microscopy (SPM), 22(1-12), 290-295, 1994. 

SEM analysis of both polished and fractured specimens. Applications of microscopy to the study of glass, carbon or graphite fiber composites will be explored, especially relating to the effects of processing, fiber length and interfacial bonding. 

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