Title

Imaging of Sizing Upon Carbon Fibers

Author(s)

Philippe Le Coustumer, Université Bordeaux
Khalid Lafdi, University of DaytonFollow
Agnès Oberlin, Laboratoire Marcel Mathieu

Document Type

Letter to the Editor

Publication Date

1992

Publication Source

Carbon

Abstract

One of the irritating problems in the study of carbon fiber surfaces is the imaging of sizing. Since the latter is often an epoxy resin, it cannot be differentiated from the embedding resin used for preparing thin sections or composites. Frequently, variations of contrast in the vicinity of the fiber are mistaken for the sizing. Staining is thus necessary. Among the various techniques used, ruthenium tetroxide staining [ 1,2,3,4] was tried on sized PAN based carbon fibers, since staining is successful in the case of many polymers such as polyimides or epoxy. On the contrary, no fixation was observed on polyacrylonitrile.

Inclusive pages

1127-1129

ISBN/ISSN

0008-6223

Copyright

Copyright © 1992, Elsevier

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

30

Peer Reviewed

yes

Issue

7

eCommons Citation

Le Coustumer, Philippe; Lafdi, Khalid; and Oberlin, Agnès, "Imaging of Sizing Upon Carbon Fibers" (1992). Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications. 87.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cme_fac_pub/87