Title
Fire Retardancy of Carbon Nanofiber Sheet in Composite Laminates
Abbreviated Journal Title
J. Adv. Mater.
Keywords
FLAMMABILITY PROPERTIES; CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; INTUMESCENTS; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Abstract
In this work, the flammability of laminated composites made of polyester resin, glass fiber and carbon nano fiber sheet (CNFS) was studied. The CNFS was fabricated using a high-pressure filtration system. The sheet was coated onto the surface of laminated composites through the vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) process. The flammability of the laminated composites was evaluated with cone calorimeter tests under an external radiant heat flux of 50 kW/m(2). It was found that the average heat release rate (HRR) of the CNFS-coated laminates was lower, but the peak heat release rate (PHRR) was slightly higher than that of glass fiber/polyester laminates. The CNFS acted as an insulator and mass transport barrier and therefore reduced the flammability of the laminates. Their residues, after the cone calorimeter test, were examined with scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results show that the thickness of the CNFS increased by 2.8 times after cone calorimeter tests due to the char formation on the CNFS.
Journal Title
Journal of Advanced Materials
Volume
42
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
37
Last Page
44
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1070-9789
Recommended Citation
"Fire Retardancy of Carbon Nanofiber Sheet in Composite Laminates" (2010). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 197.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/197
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