Ionic cross-linked methacrylic copolymers for carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites

Methacrylic copolymers have high potential as matrix polymers for carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics (CFRTPs) due to their superior mechanical properties and the versatility of the monomers. However, the methacrylic copolymers have low solvent resistance, compared to epoxy, polyamide, and polypr...

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Autores principales: Shiho Kuwashiro, Nozomu Nakao, Satoshi Matsuda, Takeshi Kakibe, Hajime Kishi
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Publicado: Budapest University of Technology 2022
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Sumario:Methacrylic copolymers have high potential as matrix polymers for carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics (CFRTPs) due to their superior mechanical properties and the versatility of the monomers. However, the methacrylic copolymers have low solvent resistance, compared to epoxy, polyamide, and polypropylene, due to their un-cross-linked amorphous structure. Therefore, an improvement of the solvent resistance by the introduction of metal salts into methacrylic copolymer matrices for CFRTPs was investigated. Infrared spectroscopy, dynamic mechanical analyses and small-angle X-ray scattering clarified that an ionic cross-linked structure was formed. Low-viscosity mixtures of the methacrylic monomers with the metal salts, as a precursor of the matrices for CFRTPs, were easily impregnated into CF fabrics and were then copolymerized within the CF fabrics. Both the flexural strength and shear adhesive strength of the CFRTPs using the in situ polymerized methacrylic ionomer cross-linked with sodium ions were sufficiently high, even after 12 h immersion in methyl ethyl ketone.