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Table 5.27 Composition matrix for a 2 CFE (Statistical data for the example 5.5.4.1).

M. Kofron, J. Coopa-, S. Kumbar, C. Laurencin, Novel tubular composite matrix for bone repair, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. A 82 (2007) 415-425. 

Chen X., Cheng G., Dong S. Amperometric tyrosinase biosensor based on a sol-gel-derived titanium oxide-copolymer composite matrix for detection of phenolic compounds. Analyst 2001 126 1728-1132... 

Cataldi, T. R. I. and D. Centonze. 1995. Nickel-oxide dispersed in a graphite/ poly(vinyl chloride) composite matrix for an electrocatalytic amperometric sensor of alditols in flow-injection analysis. Anal. Chim. Acta 307 43-48. 

Composites. Various composite materials have evolved over the years as a significant class of high performance textile products. The prototype composite is carbon fiber with an epoxy resin matrix for stmctural akcraft components and other aerospace and military appHcations. Carbon fiber composites ate also used in various leisure and spotting items such as golf clubs, tennis rackets, and lightweight bicycle frames. However, other types of appHcations and composites ate also entering the marketplace. For example, short ceUulose fiber/mbbet composites ate used for hoses, belting, and pneumatic tire components. 

An important appHcation of MMCs in the automotive area is in diesel piston crowns (53). This appHcation involves incorporation of short fibers of alumina or alumina—siHca in the crown of the piston. The conventional diesel engine piston has an Al—Si casting alloy with a crown made of a nickel cast iron. The replacement of the nickel cast iron by aluminum matrix composite results in a lighter, more abrasion resistant, and cheaper product. Another appHcation in the automotive sector involves the use of carbon fiber and alumina particles in an aluminum matrix for use as cylinder liners in the Prelude model of Honda Motor Co. 

The tensile strength of a unidirectional lamina loaded ia the fiber direction can be estimated from the properties of the fiber and matrix for a special set of circumstances. If all of the fibers have the same tensile strength and the composite is linear elastic until failure of the fibers, then the strength of the composite is given by... 

Polyesters. Polyesters (qv) are widely used as the matrix for conventional composites. Two resins of particular importance because of the large amounts used are (poly(ethylene terephthalate) [25038-59-9] (PET) and poly(butylene terephthalate) [24968-12-5] (PBT). Although polyesters can be made from diacids and diols by direct condensation. 

A composite material for a car-repair kit consists of a random mixture of short glass fibres in a polyester matrix. Estimate the maximum toughness of the composite. You may assume that the volume fraction of glass is 30% the fibre diameter is 15 pm the fracture strength of the fibres is 1400 MPa and the shear strength of the matrix is 30 MPa. 

Adhesive bonding is an integral part of virtually all composite structure. Early composite matrix resins could in some cases act as an adhesive, such as with self-filleting systems used for honeycomb sandwich fabrication. As composite systems became more optimized for minimum resin content and limited flow, supplementary adhesives became more common. Modern-day composite structure relies on adhesives almost as much as bonded metallic structure. 

The selection of a suitable matrix for a composite material involves many factors, and is especially important because the matrix is usually the weak and flexible link in all properties of a two-phase composite material. The matrix selection factors include ability of the matrix to wet the fiber (which affects the fiber-matrix interface strength), ease of processing, resulting laminate quality, and the temperature limit to which the matrix can be subjected. Other performance-related factors include strain-to-failure, environmental resistance, density, and cost. 

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