Journal
COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING
Volume 104, Issue -, Pages 17-25Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.08.015
Keywords
Thermosetting resins; Recycling; Carbon fibers; Life cycle assessment
Funding
- Italian Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR) [PON2239 MATRECO, PON1878]
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A new commercial amine-based epoxy curing agent, engineered to produce recyclable composites, was studied. Carbon fibre (CF)/epoxy composites were manufactured through high-pressure resin transfer moulding (HP-RTM) and chemically treated in order to recover clean CFs as well as an epoxy thermoplastic polymer, as recycled products. The chemical structure of the new epoxy thermoplastic polymer obtained was drawn and confirmed by polymer characterisation. Furthermore an evaluation of the avoided environmental impacts associated to the recyclability of the thermoset composite was carried out, by using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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