Mechanical properties of glass fiber-reinforced vinyl ester composites post-cured by electron beam irradiation
Creators
- 1. Dept. of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)
Description
In this study, glass fber-reinforced vinyl ester (VER/GF) composites were prepared from VER/GF prepreg by vacuum bagging process. The post-curing of VER/GF composites were performed by electron beam irradiation with a variety of absorbed doses. The mechanical properties of VER/GF composites were dependent on the absorbed dose. The analytical results show that the post-curing by electron beam resulted in the enhancement of the flexural strength and modulus, tensile strength and modulus, and thermal stability. The mechanical properties of VER/GF composites post-cured by electron beam were superior than those of VER/GF composites post-cured by heat treatment. Therefore, post-curing by electron beam irradiation is an effective and powerful method to the mass production of VER/GF composites
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Radiation Industry
- Journal Volume
- 13
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- 19 refs, 5 figs, 1 tab
- Journal Page Range
- p. 127-132
- ISSN
- 1976-2402
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Korea, Republic of
- Country of Input or Organization
- Korea, Republic of
- INIS RN
- 50064615
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S38: RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ABSORBED RADIATION DOSES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ESTERS; FIBERS; HEAT TREATMENTS; IRRADIATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PERFORMANCE
- Descriptors DEC
- BEAMS; DOSES; LEPTON BEAMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIATION DOSES