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Microwave assisted healing of carbon fiber/polypropylene composites
Author(s) -
Rezania Jafar,
Rahimi Hamid
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.30425
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , microwave , polypropylene , carbon fiber composite , microwave irradiation , fiber , irradiation , carbon fibers , dielectric loss , dielectric , composite number , physics , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics
Carbon fiber has high dielectric loss which means it is heated efficiently by microwave irradiation. Carbon fibers can be used as microwave absorbers in polymeric materials that are transparent to microwave irradiation. In this article, notched carbon fiber reinforced polypropylene composites were exposed to microwave irradiation and then their mechanical properties, and surface morphology were investigated. The test results showed that mechanical properties and interfacial defects of carbon‐polypropylene composites improved following microwave exposure. And it leads us to conclude that microwave has high potential to induce healing in these type of composites. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 59:900–902, 2017