Enhanced interfacial adhesion in carbon fiber/poly (acrylonitrile‐butadiene‐styrene) composite through fiber surface treatment by an emulsion sizing

Abstract

To improve the interfacial adhesion between carbon fiber (CF) and poly (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) (ABS) thermoplastic, an emulsion sizing whose film former was a terpolymer N-phenylmaleimide-styrenemaleic anhydride (NSM)/ABS mixture was prepared. NSM, an efficient heat-resistant modifier for ABS, could make the film former possess a superior heat resistance, which helped the sizing layer maintain integrity during the preparation of CF/ABS composite. Moreover, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results demonstrated that the glass transition temperature (T g ) of the NSM modified ABS achieved an improvement of 25.3 C. Particle size and distribution of the sizing agent were investigated to evaluate its stability. The FTIR spectrum obtained demonstrated that the chemical compositions of the sized CF got greatly changed and numerous functional groups appeared on sized CF. Abrasion resistance and fluffs of CF were tested and the results indicated that the sized CF obtained an appreciable enhancement in handleability. Interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) results revealed, after sizing, that the ILSS enhanced by 26.

Effects of A, B, and S components on fiber length distribution, mechanical, and impact properties of carbon fiber/ABS composites produced by different processing methods

“…Several papers have been reported on ABS composites re reinforced with carbon fiber and carbon nanoparticles earlier 21–26 . J. Li et al 22 reported that the fiber surface treatment with HNO 3 played a significant role in increasing the tensile strength and modulus carbon fiber/ABS composites.…”

“…Jyoti et al 26 highlighted that ABS composites with multi‐wall carbon nanotubes well‐dispersed using a micro twin‐screw extruder exhibited efficient electromagnetic interference shielding properties, due to significant improvement in the electrical conductivity and the improved mechanical properties. So far, no papers have been dealing with the effect of A, B, and S components on various properties of carbon fiber/ABS composites produced by LFT process although there have been several studies on carbon/ABS composites reported earlier 21–26 …”

Improving the interfacial properties of carbon fiber–epoxy resin composites with a graphene‐modified sizing agent

“…They found that the ILSS of the sized CF‐reinforced composites reached 57.63 MPa; this was an increase of 29.16% compared with that of the composite with desized CFs. Ma et al . enhanced the interfacial adhesion between CFs and a poly(acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene) thermoplastic with an emulsion sizing agent prepared with modified poly(acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene).…”

Enhancing interfacial adhesion of carbon fiber/poly(phthalazinone ether ketone) composites by the hybrid sizing agent of hydroxyapatite‐reinforced PAEK‐COOH

“…Studies have demonstrated that sizing agent improve the degree of wettability of the CF as well as the interface interaction between CF and polymer. [29][30][31][32][33] It is critical to synthesize a polymer with similar structures comparable to PPEK's. In addition, it must also possess a high temperature tolerance.…”