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COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 67, Issue 15-16, Pages 3140-3150Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.04.014
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polymer-matrix composites; glass fibers; CBT; interfacial strength; fractography
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Interphases exist in hybrid materials and significantly influence their mechanical performance. To find a bridge between the microscopic and macroscopic mechanical properties, this work investigates the microscopic nature of glass fiber surfaces and glass/CBT interphases in terms of topography, fractography, and adhesion properties. The variations in glass fiber surface properties result from the different sizings. Using the single fiber pull-out test, AFM, and zeta potential tests, it is shown that the interfacial bond strengths in CBT resin composites can vary depending on the kind of sizing formulation and properties. The greatest adhesion strength is achieved by aminosilane sizings with epoxy resin film former. The surface roughness of the fibers can be varied by sizings with different content and zeta potential values, which has no significant contribution to interphase adhesion strength from 'mechanical interlocking'. For the systems with film formers, cohesive failure occurs and similar values of both interfacial adhesion strength, tau(d), and fracture energy release rate, G(ic), are obtained, in which tau(d) approaches the shear yield strength of CBT matrix. A further enhancement of interfacial adhesion is limited by the mechanical properties and the non-homogeneous microstructure of CBT resin due to the less-than-perfect CBT polymerization. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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