Method for fabricating light weight carbon-bonded carbon fiber composites
Ultralight carbon-bonded fiber composites of densities in the range of about 0.04 to 0.10 grams per cubic centimeter are fabricated by forming an aqueous slurry of carbonaceous fibers which include carbonized fibers and 0-50 weight percent fugitive fibers and a particulate thermosetting resin precursor. The slurry is brought into contact with a perforated mandrel and the water is drained from the slurry through the perforations at a controlled flow rate of about 0.03 to 0.30 liters per minutes per square inch of mandrel surface. The deposited billet of fibers and resin precursor is heated to cure the resin precursor to bind the fibers together, removed from the mandrel, and then the resin and fugitive fibers, if any, are carbonized.
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4818448
- OSTI ID:
- 5973005
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CARBON FIBERS
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
DISPERSIONS
EXPLOSIONS
FABRICATION
FIBERS
FLOW RATE
MANDREL OPERATION
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLYMERS
PRECURSOR
RESINS
SLURRIES
SUSPENSIONS
UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS