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X-ray and ESR characterization of the effects of high energy radiation of graphite fiber reinforced composite materials. [Electron and gamma radiation]

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6267132
The graphite crystalline structure in graphite fiber reinforced composites (graphite/epoxy and graphite/polyimide) and graphite fiber strands before and after exposure to 0.5 MeV electron radiation up to 8000 Mrads was examined. Cured epoxy samples of tetraglycidyl-4,4'-diaminodiphenyl methane (TDGDDM) and 4,4'-diaminodiphenyl sulfone (DDS) (the matrix material for graphite/epoxy composites) were prepared at various molar ratios and irradiated with 5 and 25 Mrads of Co-60 gamma radiation at 77 K. Samples of DDS were irradiated with 5 to 30 Mrads of Co-60 radiation. Radical decay rates were obtained using electron spin resonance spectroscopy, and the radical decay at room temperature can be approximated by two simultaneous equations which describe the decay of radicals occurring in two different regions, one a fast decaying component and the other a slow decaying component.
Research Organization:
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh (USA)
OSTI ID:
6267132
Report Number(s):
N-8316395
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English