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Microtexture and mechanical properties of carbon fibers: Relationship with the fiber‐matrix adhesion in a carbon‐epoxy composite
Author(s) -
Guigon M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.760311706
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , composite number , transmission electron microscopy , epoxy , adhesion , carbon fibers , fiber , matrix (chemical analysis) , nanotechnology
The structure and the microtexture of carbon fibers are determined by transmission electron microscopy. All PAN‐based carbon fibers are made up of elemental microtextural units (EMU) whose microtexture governs their mechanical properties. EMU Carbon layers exhibit either their edge or their surface for outcropping the external surface of the fiber. Interfacial phenomena between fibers and matrix in a composite material depend on this outer microtexture.