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Carbon Fibers
Author(s) -
Ruland Wilhelm
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19900021104
Subject(s) - materials science , small angle x ray scattering , composite material , stiffness , volume fraction , scattering , carbon fibers , orientation (vector space) , intensity (physics) , optics , geometry , composite number , physics , mathematics
High stiffness and strength combiend with low weight are the advantages offered by carbon fibers in the manufacture of reinforced composites. Effective use of these materials depends on an understanding of structure–property relationships One method of help in this work in small angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS), where the intensity distributions (see figure) can be used to determine orientation, shape, size and volume fraction of structural features resulting from different processing temperatures.