摘要:
Prepreg that is excellent in adhesiveness between carbon fibers and a matrix resin and long-term storage stability and achieves both excellent impact resistance and electrical conductivity in the thickness direction and a carbon fiber reinforced composite material. The present invention provides a prepreg formed by impregnating sizing agent-coated carbon fibers coated with a sizing agent containing an aliphatic epoxy compound (A), an aromatic epoxy compound (B1) and an ester compound (C) having no epoxy gropu with a thermosetting resin composition containing thermoplastic resin particles (F) and conductive particles (G) in a mass ratio of 1:1 to 1,000 or conductive particles (H) in which a thermoplastic resin is covered with a conductive substance. An (a)/(b) ratio is within a predetermined range where (a) is a height of a component at a binding energy assigned to CHx, C-C, and C=C and (b) is a height of a component at a binding energy assigned to C-0 in a C 1s core spectrum of surfaces of the sizing agent-coated carbon fibers analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
摘要:
To provide a carbon fiber-reinforced resin composition having excellent interfacial adhesion between carbon fibers and a matrix resin and having excellent mechanical properties. The carbon fiber-reinforced resin composition of the present invention includes: sizing agent-coated carbon fibers in which carbon fibers are coated with a sizing agent; and a matrix resin. The sizing agent includes at least an aliphatic epoxy compound (A) and an aromatic epoxy compound (B1) as an aromatic compound (B). The sizing agent-coated carbon fibers have a ratio (a)/(b) of 0.50 to 0.90 where (a) is the height (cps) of a component having a binding energy (284.6 eV) attributed to CHx, C-C, and C=C and (b) is the height (cps) of a component having binding energy (286.1 eV) attributed to CO in a C 1s core spectrum of the surface of the sizing agent measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at a photoelectron takeoff angle of 15°.
摘要:
There is provided a method for manufacturing a polyacrylonitrile fiber which includes, in this order, a spinning process; a first drawing process; a drying process; and a second drawing process which includes any of the following hot drawing processes (a) to (c): (a) a process of performing drawing in the air, where a yarn temperature from a yarn separation point on a hot roll to a first yarn contact point on a subsequent roll is 130°C or higher; (b) a process of performing drawing, where a distance from the yarn separation point on the hot roll to the first yarn contact point on the subsequent roll is 20 cm or less; and (c) a process of performing the second drawing in a hot plate drawing zone where a hot plate is placed between two rolls, one of which is a preheating roll arranged forward of the hot plate drawing zone, while the hot plate is positioned so that a start point of contact between the hot plate and a yarn is at a distance of 30 cm or less from the yarn separation point on the preheating roll, and the surface speed of the preheating roll is set to 100 m/min or more.
摘要:
To provide a prepreg and a carbon fiber reinforced composite material that are excellent in adhesion between a matrix resin and carbon fibers and long-term storage stability and also excellent in microcrack resistance due to the increased toughness. The present invention provides a prepreg that includes; agent-coated carbon fibers coated with a sizing agent; and a thermosetting resin composition impregnated into the sizing agent-coated carbon fibers. The sizing agent includes an aliphatic epoxy compound (A) and an aromatic epoxy compound (B1). The sizing agent-coated carbon fibers are in a shape of woven fabric or braid. The thermosetting resin composition includes a thermosetting resin (D), a thermoplastic resin (F), and a latent hardener (G). The sizing agent-coated carbon fibers have an (a)/(b) ratio in a certain range where (a) is the height of a component at a binding energy assigned to CHx, C-C, and C=C and (b) is the height of a component at a binding energy assigned to C-O in a C 1s core spectrum of the surfaces of the sizing agent-coated carbon fibers analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
摘要:
Provided is a sizing-coated carbon fiber bundle that exhibits good spreadability in a step for spreading sizing-coated carbon fibers even in the case in which said carbon fibers exhibit a high adhesiveness with respect to a thermoplastic resin. Provided is a sizing-coated carbon fiber bundle that contains, as sizing components, at least a compound (A) containing an amino group or an amide group.
摘要:
Provided are sizing agent-coated carbon fibers that achieve excellent adhesion between the carbon fibers and a matrix resin and yield a prepreg having excellent stability of composite physical properties after long-term storage and having excellent high-order processability, a process for producing the sizing agent-coated carbon fibers, a prepreg, and a carbon fiber reinforced composite material. The present invention provides carbon fibers coated with a sizing agent that includes an aliphatic epoxy compound (A) and at least an aromatic epoxy compound (B1) as an aromatic compound (B). The carbon fibers have an (a)/(b) ratio of 0.50 to 0.90 where (a) is the height (cps) of a component at a binding energy (284.6 eV) assigned to CHx, C-C, and C=C and (b) is the height (cps) of a component at a binding energy (286.1 eV) assigned to C-O in a C 1s core spectrum of the surface of the sizing agent analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy using AlK± 1,2 as the X-ray source at a photoelectron takeoff angle of 15°.
摘要:
Provided are tubular carbon fiber reinforced composite material and having excellent cylindrical bending strength and a golf club shaft using the same. This tubular carbon fiber reinforced composite material is formed by laminating and curing a straight layer and a bias layer. The straight layer comprises carbon fibers S coated with a sizing agent S and arranged in parallel in a direction of -20° to +20° with respect to the axis of the tubular body, and contains a thermosetting resin S. The bias layer comprises carbon fibers B coated with a sizing agent B and arranged in parallel in a direction of +25° to +65° with respect to the axis of the tubular body, and contains a thermosetting resin B. The carbon fiber reinforced composite material constituting the bias layer has an interlaminar shear strength of not less than 110 MPa. A cured product of the thermosetting resin S has an elastic modulus of not less than 4.0 GPa.
摘要:
Provided are a sizing agent coated carbon fiber bundle that has excellent mechanical characteristics when used as a carbon fiber reinforced composite material, as well as excellent ease of handling; a method for manufacturing the same; and a prepreg and carbon fiber reinforced composite material of excellent mechanical characteristics, employing the fiber bundle. The carbon fiber bundle is coated with a sizing agent that includes a polyether aliphatic epoxy compound having two or more epoxy groups per molecule and/or a polyol aliphatic epoxy compound or a non-water-soluble compound having a glass transition temperature of -100-50°C, wherein the sizing agent coated carbon fiber bundle is characterized in that the flatness ratio (width/thickness) of the carbon fiber bundle cross section is 10-150, and a two edge part/center part sizing agent deposition ratio, obtained by dividing the carbon fiber bundle in the width direction along the fiber direction into three equal parts by mass, and computing the ratio from the ratio of the mass of the sizing agent to the mass of the carbon fiber bundle in the center part and in both end parts, is 1.05-1.5.
摘要:
Provided is a prepreg and a carbon fiber-reinforced composite material having excellent adhesiveness between carbon fibers and a matrix resin and excellent long-term storage stability. The present invention provides a prepreg that includes; sizing agent-coated carbon fibers coated with a sizing agent; and a thermosetting resin composition impregnated into the sizing agent-coated carbon fibers. The sizing agent includes an aliphatic epoxy compound (A) and an aromatic epoxy compound (B1). The thermosetting resin composition includes a thermosetting resin (D) and a latent hardener (E), and optionally includes an additive (F) other than the thermosetting resin (D) and the latent hardener (E). The (a)/(b) ratio is within a predetermined range where (a) is the height of a component at a binding energy assigned to CHx, C-C, and C=C and (b) is the height of a component at a binding energy assigned to C-O in a C 1s core spectrum of the surfaces of the sizing agent-coated carbon fibers analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.