Effect of chemical treatment of aramid fibres on their adhesion performance with polyester resin

Conference · Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:143567

Stevens, M G; Massoudi, A H ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Technology, Sydney (Australia). Dept. of Materials Science

Aramid fibers were chemically treated to improve their wetting characteristics and to selectively bond suitable coupling agents to their surface. It was found that an organic coupling agent, which had been reactively bonded to the surface of the aramid fibers and contained an unsaturated pendant group, not only significantly improved the wetting performance of the fibers but also increased the adhesion of polyester resin to the fibers by approximately 200%. This increase in adhesion is attributed primarily to chemical rather than physical bonding. It is suggested that the unsaturated end groups of the attached coupling agent cross-link with the polyester resin during the curing process.

• OSTI ID: 143567
• Report Number(s): CONF-930246-; ISBN 0-87339-251-5; TRN: IM9413%%77
• Resource Relation: Conference: Advanced composites `93: international conference on advanced composite materials (ICACM), Wollongong (Australia), 15-19 Feb 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of Advanced composites 1993; Chandra, T. [ed.] [Univ. of Wollongong (Australia)]; Dhingra, A.K. [ed.] [DuPont, Wilmington, DE (United States)]; PB: 1464 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
40 CHEMISTRY
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
ADHESION
POLYESTERS
RESINS
REAGENTS
CHEMICAL BONDS