Carbon Fibers and Their Composites
Most literature pertaining to carbon fibers is of a theoretical nature. Carbon Fibers and their Composites offers a comprehensive look at the specific manufacturing of carbon fibers and graphite fibers into the growing surge of diverse applications that include flameproof materials, protective coatings, biomedical and prosthetics applications, textiles, batteries and fuel cells, automotive applications, construction, and even musical instruments.\ This useful guide provides a hands-on...
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Most literature pertaining to carbon fibers is of a theoretical nature. Carbon Fibers and their Composites offers a comprehensive look at the specific manufacturing of carbon fibers and graphite fibers into the growing surge of diverse applications that include flameproof materials, protective coatings, biomedical and prosthetics applications, textiles, batteries and fuel cells, automotive applications, construction, and even musical instruments. This useful guide provides a hands-on approach to the fabrication of carbon fibers. The book begins with a blueprint of the international history and development of carbon fiber, clearly defined terminology for all forms of solid carbon products, and the properties for elemental carbon and its allotropic forms. It then elaborates upon precursor materials, relevant surface treatment, and sizing for each carbon fiber type available in the world market. Several chapters also examine the types of matrices, their properties, and fracture mechanics of thermoset and thermoplastic polymers, carbon, glass, metal, and ceramics matrices. Carbon Fibers and their Composites reveals straightforward guidelines for the day-to-day operations of a carbon fiber plant, such as safety testing, quality control, design of equipment, packaging, air flow/dust control, maintenance, and environmental policies. Based on over 30 years of experience in the field, the author offers insight and possible solutions to the problems associated with production and testing of carbon fibers and their related composites. He details the use of analytical chemistry techniques, instrumentation requirements, and statistics to evaluate the results. Carbon Fibers and their Composites offers an excellent clarification of how carbon fibers yield reinforced composites, their physical and chemical characteristics, the diverse manufacturing techniques for each type, and the advantages they offer to a variety of applications.
Ch. 1Structure of the carbon atom1Ch. 2The forms of carbon15Ch. 3History and early development of carbon fibers65Ch. 4Precursors for carbon fiber manufacture121Ch. 5Carbon fiber production using a PAN precursor185Ch. 6Carbon fiber production using a cellulosic based precursor269Ch. 7Carbon fiber production using a pitch based precursor295Ch. 8Production of vapor grown carbon fibers (VGCF)325Ch. 9Surface treatment and sizing of carbon fibers347Ch. 10Guidelines for the design of equipment for carbon fiber plant377Ch. 11Operation of carbon fiber plant and safety aspects421Ch. 12Techniques for determining the structure of carbon fibers453Ch. 13Polymer matrices for carbon fiber composites501Ch. 14Carbon fiber carbon matrix composites551Ch. 15Carbon fiber reinforced ceramic matrices583Ch. 16Carbon fibers in metal matrices629Ch. 17Testing a PAN precursor, virgin carbon fibers, carbon fiber composites and related products657Ch. 18Statistics and statistical process control (SPC)747Ch. 19Quality control773Ch. 20Properties of carbon fibers791Ch. 21Manufacturing techniques for carbon fiber reinforced composites in thermoset and thermoplastic matrices861Ch. 22Design935Ch. 23The uses of carbon fibers951Ch. 24Looking to the future1043
