Fiber glass/carbon materials

Fiber-reinforced plastics have been widely accepted as materials for structural and nonstructural applications in recent years. The main reasons for interest in FRPs for structural applications are their high specific modulus and strength of the reinforcing fibers. Glass, carbon, Kevlar, and boron fibers are commonly used for reinforcement. However, these are very expensive and, therefore, their use is limited to aerospace applications. 

All phenolic molding compounds are resins that are reinforced with minerals, glass fibers, ar-amid fibers or carbon materials. The binding and adhesive nature of the phenolic with the fillers plays an important role in the final stmc-tural properties. These composites when fully crosslinked can withstand high temperatures under high load for long periods of time see Table Phenolics as a class are non-... 

Cryogenic properties of fibers and composites are given in Table 2. Most fiber-composite properties are governed by anisotropic features originating in the fiber arrangement and anisotropy and fiber-matrix interfacial bond. The fiber-matrix bond is discussed in refs. (36) and (39). In this article, the matrix materials discussed are epoxy resins, poljdmides, and polycarbonates and the fibers glass, carbon, and Kevlar, ie, aramid fibers. 

Initially, at least, methanol vehicles should be capable of operating on either M85, gasoline, or any mixture of the two. These vehicles are caHed flexible fueled (EEV) or variable fueled vehicles (VEV). It is expected that methanol could be sold in existing service stations out of tanks constmcted of methanol-tolerant material such as carbon steel or certain fiber glass formulations. EventuaHy, if enough EEV/VEVs are sold and methanol becomes widely avaHable, dedicated vehicles would likely be buHt and sold. Methanol has been used for years as a racing fuel. 

Composites. High molecular weight PPS can be combiaed with long (0.6 cm to continuous) fiber to produce advanced composite materials (131). Such materials having PPS as the polymer matrix have been developed by usiag a variety of reinforcements, including glass, carbon, and Kevlar fibers as mat, fabric, and unidirectional reinforcements. Thermoplastic composites based on PPS have found application ia the aircraft, aerospace, automotive, appliance, and recreation markets (see Composite materials, polymer-matrix). 

Epoxy, polyester, phenolic and other resins are used as coatings and linings with or without reinforcement. Glass fiber, silica, carbon and many other materials can be used as filters or reinforcement to produce materials with specific properties of strength, flexibility, wear resistance and electrical conductivity. 

By this time the industry required a more inclusive term to describe RPs, so composite was added. Thus the name in the plastics industry became Reinforced Plastic Composites. More recently they became known only as Composites. However composites identify many other combinations of basic materials (Table 6-18). The fiber reinforcements included higher modulus glasses, carbon, graphite, boron, aramid (strongest fiber in the world, five times as strong as steel on an equal-weight basis), whiskers, and others (Table 6-20 and Figs. 6-13 and 6-14). In... 

Non-metallic Materials Carbides, carbon, ceramic fiber, ceramic, cermet, composite, cork, elastomer, felt, fiber, glass, glycerin, non-metallic bearing material, rubber (natural), rubber (synthetic), silicone, wood, leather. 

It is possible to build within the formation a porous pack that is a mixture of fibers and the proppant. The fibrous material may be any suitable material (e.g., natural or synthetic organic fibers, glass fibers, ceramic fibers, carbon fibers). 

The choice of the filter medium is often the most important consideration to ensure efficient operation of a filter. Its function is generally to act as a support for the filter cake, while the initial layers of cake provide the actual filter. The filter medium should be selected primarily on the basis of its ability to retain solids without binding. It should be mechanically strong and corrosion resistant, and should offer as little resistance as possible to the flow of the filtrate. The media are made from widely different materials such as cotton, wool, linen, nylon, jute, silk, glass fiber, porous carbon, metals, rayon and other synthetics, and miscellaneous materials like porous rubber. Cotton fabrics are most commonly used because they are available in a wide variety of weaves, and are cheap. 

Composite In polymer technology a combination of a polymeric matrix and a reinforcing fiber with properties that the component materials do not have. The most common matrix resins are unsaturated thermosetting polyesters and epoxies, and reinforcing fibers are glass, carbon, and aramid fibers. The reinforcing fibers may be continuous or discontinuous. Some matrix resins are thermoplastics. 

Addition poly(imide) oligomers are used as matrix resins for high performance composites based on glass-, carbon- and aramide fibers. The world wide market for advanced composites and adhesives was about 70 million in 1990. This amounted to approximately 30-40 million in resin sales. Currently, epoxy resins constitute over 90% of the matrix resin materials in advanced composites. The remaining 10% are unsaturated polyester and vinylester for the low temperature applications and cyanate esters and addition poly(imides) for high temperatures. More recently thermoplastics have become important and materials such as polyimides and poly(arylene ether) are becoming more competitive with addition polyimides. 

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