In this issue of the Composite 101, 202 and Advance Newsletter:
- The upcoming Composite 101, 202 and Advance Content update.
- A composite question from subscribers.
1.The upcoming Composite 101, 202 and Advance Content update.
The next update of Composite 101, 202 and ADVANCE visual guide will cover:
Add several kinds of reinforcement and example of applications and use. Among them Cormat, Balsa, Polyurethane foam, and Honeycomb reinforcements.
We’ll keep adding new material to the composite guide accordingly to your topic requests. We’ll keep you informed of the developments.
2. A composite question from subscribers.
This newsletter question is from several subscribers:
What is the maximum temperature a fiberglass part can sustain?
Composite 101, 202 and Advance answer:
Being a composite material, which is a material made of two or more constituents, the answer is a two fold answer.
First, for the Fiber parts like the glass fibers, it starts to degrade at 2000°C (3632°F). The aramid fiber aka.kevlar, start to degrade at 500°C (932°F).
In the manufacturing of Carbon fibers, the fibers are heated up to temperature ranging form 1500°C (2732°F) up to 2000°C (3632°F), If heated to 3000°C (5432°F) the carbon fiber will attain graphitization to produce graphite fibers.
So as we can see, these fibers can sustain a great deal of heat.
Second part of the composite material is the resin. To keep thing simple we divide the resin in two categories the styrene based resin (polyester and vinyl ester) and the second type being the epoxies. |
