Recycling carbon fibre with an acetone/water solvent and zinc chloride catalyst: resin degradation and fibre characterisation
| dc.contributor.author | Keith, Matthew J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ingram, Andrew | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leeke, Gary A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-25T18:20:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-25T18:20:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-09-13 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The degradation of a carbon fibre reinforced epoxy resin with an acetone/water mixture and ZnCl2 catalyst was investigated. The solvent/catalyst system achieved a resin removal yield in excess of 94% after 1.5 h at 290°C and 45 min at 300°C. Single fibre tensile testing indicated an increase in fibre strength after the recycling process. The strongest fibres were recovered using a reaction temperature of 290°C and exhibited a strength of 3.21 ± 1.10 GPa. The technique developed therefore appears to recover high quality fibres while reducing the temperature by 30°C and process time by 25% when compared to earlier work. | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.citation | Matthew J. Keith, Andrew Ingram and Gary A. Leeke. Recycling carbon fibre with an acetone/water solvent and zinc chloride catalyst: resin degradation and fibre characterisation. SAMPE conference 18, 11-13 Sep 2018, Southampton, UK. | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.sampe-europe.org/conferences/sampe-conference-18-southampton | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13573 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_UK |
| dc.title | Recycling carbon fibre with an acetone/water solvent and zinc chloride catalyst: resin degradation and fibre characterisation | en_UK |
| dc.type | Conference paper | en_UK |