Thermoplastic-Composite Materials

156 Pages·2012·17.195 MB·English

by  A. El-Sonbati

THERMOPLASTIC
– COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Edited by Adel Zaki El-Sonbati
Thermoplastic – Composite Materials
Edited by Adel Zaki El-Sonbati

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Thermoplastic – Composite Materials, Edited by Adel Zaki El-Sonbati
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ISBN 978-953-51-0310-3

Contents

Preface VII
Chapter 1 Novel Thermoplastic Polyimide Composite Materials 1
Haixia Yang, Jingang Liu, Mian Ji and Shiyong Yang
Chapter 2 Thermoplastic Polyurethanes-Fumed
Silica Composites: Influence of NCO/OH
in the Study of Thermal and Rheological
Properties and Morphological Characteristics 11
José Vega-Baudrit, Sergio Madrigal Carballo
and José Miguel Martín Martínez
Chapter 3 Manufacture of Different Types of Thermoplastic 25
Lavinia Ardelean, Cristina Bortun, Angela Podariu and Laura Rusu
Chapter 4 High Performance
Thermoplastic/Thermosetting Composites Microstructure
and Processing Design Based on Phase Separation 49
Yuanze Xu and Xiujuan Zhang
Chapter 5 Processing of Carbon Fiber/PEI Composites Based
on Aqueous Polymeric Suspension of Polyimide 91
Liliana Burakowski Nohara, Geraldo Maurício Cândido,
Evandro Luís Nohara and Mirabel Cerqueira Rezende
Chapter 6 Thermoplastic Nanocomposites
and Their Processing Techniques 113
Sajjad Haider, Yasin Khan, Waheed A. Almasry and Adnan Haider
Chapter 7 Crystallization and Thermal Properties
of Biofiber-Polypropylene Composites 131
M. Soleimani, L. Tabil, S. Panigrahi and I. Oguocha

Preface

Composite materials are being more frequently used in a wide range and variety of
structures, such as automotive and aerospace components. Composite materials often
demand a unique combination of properties, including high thermal and oxidative
stability, toughness, solvent resistance and low dielectric constant. This book is
comprised of seven excellent chapters, written for all specialized scientists and
engineers dealing with characterization, thermal, mechanical and technical properties,
rheological, morphological and microstructure properties, and processing design of
composite materials.
Chapter 1 reports novel thermoplastic polyimides (TPI) resins reinforced with carbon
fiber (CF), glass fiber (GF), and modified by adding of solid lubricates such as graphite
(Cr), poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) or molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) to give TBI
molding particulates, which could be injection-molded at elevated temperature to give
the TPI composite materials. The thermal and mechanical properties of the pure TPI
resin, the molding particulates and the molded composites were systematically
characterized.
Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU`s) are a multipurpose group of phase segmented
polymers that have good mechanical and elastic properties and hardness. Usually,
TPU`s exhibits a two-phase microstructure. Fumed nanosilicas are added to increase
the thermal, rheological and mechanical properties of TPU`s. Chapter 2 studies the
effect of incorporating hydrophilic fumed nanosilica in the formulation of
polyurethane adhesive with different NCO/OH to improve its thermal, rheological
and adhesive properties.
Chapter 3 involves manufacturing techniques developed for composite structural
insulated panels (CSIPs) on the construction site. Detailed description about the
manufacturing CSIPs is included in this Chapter. The Chapter also covers
manufacturing of the traditional structural insulated panels (SIPs) in the panelized
construction.
Cure induced phase separation (SIPS) is an important part of reaction-induced phase
separation (RIPS) due to its innovative applications to composite processing, or, more
generally, to the innovations of multi-phase polymers. Chapter 4, provides a concise
VIII Preface

summary of up-to-data original contribution relevant literatures in this field
emphasizing the breakthrough in approaches to understanding and controling the
CIPS during the process.
Thermoplastics have some distinct advantages over thermoset composites, such as
high ductility and toughness, facility of processing and recycling potential. The
purpose of Chapter 5 is to compare two methods of processing thermoplastic
composite hot compression molding and aqueous suspension prepregging, showing
that the latter method uses the insertion of a polyimide interface in the composite.
Chapter 6 gives the reader a complete understanding of the thermoplastic
nanocomposites and their processing techniques, polymer interaction, their resulting
properties and proposed application.
In Chapter 7, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and heat flowmeter method are
used to determine the non-isothermal crystallization behavior and thermal
conductivity of polypropylene (PP) and its composites, reinforced or filled with
different weight of fractions of biofibers.
The editor of this book would like to express his gratitude to Prof. M.A. Diab and Prof.
A.A. El-Bindary, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science (Demiatta), Mansoura
University, Demiatta, Egypt, for their useful advice in the process of preparation of the
book.

Prof. A.Z. El-Sonbati
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Demiatta,
Mansoura University, Demiatta,
Egypt