Continuous Plasma Treatment and Resin Impregnation of a High-Strength Fiber Material.

Abstract

A system was developed for the continuous plasma treatment of fibrous, reinforcing materials used in composites. Data are presented on the removal of moisture from Kevlar 49 Aramid by the use of argon and zero air plasma. Adhesion test results with plasma-treated, unidirectional Kevlar 49/epoxy laminates showed an improvement in adhesion ranging from 1.4 to 3.7 times, as reported by the plasma treatment effectiveness parameter. Limited tensile testing of resin-impregnated yarn showed no catastropic failure from plasma treatment. p5

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA311298

Entities

People

  • J. S. Tire

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Environment
  • Epoxy Laminates
  • Laminates
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Moisture Content
  • Peel Strength
  • Power Levels
  • Regulators
  • Reinforcing Materials
  • Resins
  • Tensile Strength
  • Tensile Testing
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials