Effect of moisture absorption on the impact behavior of unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced nylon 6 composite
- China Steel Corp., Kaohsiung (Taiwan, Province of China). New Materials Research and Development Dept.
The impact behaviors of carbon fiber reinforced nylon 6(CF/PA6) composite at various levels of moisture absorption have been investigated and the fracture behaviors were characterized by scanning electron microscopy. Both impact strength and impact resistance of the CF/PA6 composite were found to have decreased with an increasing moisture absorption as the laminate was annealed from melt. For the fast-cooled specimens, a small amount of moisture (less than 2.1 wt %) was advantageous to the impact properties as compared with the dried laminate; it, however, became detrimental as the moisture intake got higher. A competition of crack-tip blunting, fiber-matrix interfacial strength and plasticization-caused variation of stiffness was proposed to interpret the experimental results.
- OSTI ID:
- 143595
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930246-; ISBN 0-87339-251-5; TRN: IM9413%%105
- 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
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