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ArticlePolymers2022

Influence of Epoxy Resin Curing Kinetics on the Mechanical Properties of Carbon Fiber Composites.

Isidro Cruz-Cruz, Claudia A Ramírez-Herrera, Oscar Martínez-Romero, Santos Armando Castillo-Márquez, Isaac H Jiménez-Cedeño, Daniel Olvera-Trejo, Alex Elías-Zúñiga

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Article in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Isidro Cruz-CruzMechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials Department, School of Engineering and Science, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey, N. L. 64849, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-6607-8810
Claudia A Ramírez-HerreraMechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials Department, School of Engineering and Science, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey, N. L. 64849, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-7752-3019
Oscar Martínez-RomeroMechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials Department, School of Engineering and Science, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey, N. L. 64849, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-3837-2083
Santos Armando Castillo-MárquezVertiv, Ave. Luis Guadalupe Fernandez 3502 Parque Industrial FINSA Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina, N. L. 66380, Mexico.
Isaac H Jiménez-CedeñoVertiv, Ave. Luis Guadalupe Fernandez 3502 Parque Industrial FINSA Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina, N. L. 66380, Mexico.
Daniel Olvera-TrejoMechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials Department, School of Engineering and Science, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey, N. L. 64849, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-4385-6269
Alex Elías-ZúñigaMechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials Department, School of Engineering and Science, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey, N. L. 64849, Mexico.

Funding

conacyt 29617National Lab in Additive Manufacturing, 3D Digitizing, and Computed Tomography (MADiT) LN315910
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, the kinetic parameters belonging to the cross-linking process of a modified epoxy resin, Aerotuf 275-34™, were investigated. Resin curing kinetics are crucial to understanding the structure-property-processing relationship for manufacturing high-performance carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer composites (CFRPCs). The parameters were obtained using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements and the Flynn-Wall-Ozawa, Kissinger, Borchardt-Daniels, and Friedman approaches. The DSC thermograms show two exothermic peaks that were deconvoluted as two separate reactions that follow autocatalytic models. Furthermore, the mechanical properties of produced carbon fiber/Aerotuf 275-34™ laminates using thermosetting polymers such as epoxies, phenolics, and cyanate esters were evaluated as a function of the conversion degree, and a close correlation was found between the degree of curing and the ultimate tensile strength (UTS). We found that when the composite material is cured at 160 °C for 15 min, it reaches a conversion degree of 0.97 and a UTS value that accounts for 95% of the maximum value obtained at 200 °C (180 MPa). Thus, the application of such processing conditions could be enough to achieve good mechanical properties of the composite laminates. These results suggest the possibility for the development of strategies towards manufacturing high-performance materials based on the modified epoxy resin (Aerotuf 275-34™) through the curing process.

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aerospace applicationscarbon-fiber-reinforced compositesdifferential scanning calorimetryepoxy resinskinetic parameterslight-weighting componentsmechanical properties

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PMID35335432
PMCPMC8952319

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