Curing characteristics of unsaturated polyester/aramid reinforced composite : microwave vs. thermal energy
Conventional curing processes for producing thermoset composites use a thermal approach, which suffers from numerous disadvantages, including a long curing cycle time. This paper reports on an alternative curing process of an unsaturated polyester/aramid composite using microwave energy. The differe...
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| description | Conventional curing processes for producing thermoset composites use a thermal approach, which suffers from numerous disadvantages, including a long curing cycle time. This paper reports on an alternative curing process of an unsaturated polyester/aramid composite using microwave energy. The differences in curing characteristic of the composites fabricated between microwave and conventional ovens method were compared. Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) analysis showed that microwave curing of composite was much faster than thermal curing while Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis was found to be very much significant in comparing the conversion of polyester C=C and styrene C=C undergoing microwave and thermal curing.
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| spelling | utm.eprints-15422017-11-01T04:17:39Z http://eprints.utm.my/1542/ Curing characteristics of unsaturated polyester/aramid reinforced composite : microwave vs. thermal energy Rahmat, A. R. Day, R. J. TP Chemical technology Conventional curing processes for producing thermoset composites use a thermal approach, which suffers from numerous disadvantages, including a long curing cycle time. This paper reports on an alternative curing process of an unsaturated polyester/aramid composite using microwave energy. The differences in curing characteristic of the composites fabricated between microwave and conventional ovens method were compared. Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) analysis showed that microwave curing of composite was much faster than thermal curing while Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis was found to be very much significant in comparing the conversion of polyester C=C and styrene C=C undergoing microwave and thermal curing. Penerbit UTM Press 2003-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/1542/1/JTMKKHAS39A%5BBab09%5D.pdf Rahmat, A. R. and Day, R. J. (2003) Curing characteristics of unsaturated polyester/aramid reinforced composite : microwave vs. thermal energy. Jurnal Teknologi Siri Khas A (39A). pp. 83-96. ISSN 0127-9696 http://www.penerbit.utm.my/onlinejournal/39/A/JTMKKHAS39A01.pdf |
| spellingShingle | TP Chemical technology Rahmat, A. R. Day, R. J. Curing characteristics of unsaturated polyester/aramid reinforced composite : microwave vs. thermal energy |
| title | Curing characteristics of unsaturated polyester/aramid reinforced composite : microwave vs. thermal energy |
| title_full | Curing characteristics of unsaturated polyester/aramid reinforced composite : microwave vs. thermal energy |
| title_fullStr | Curing characteristics of unsaturated polyester/aramid reinforced composite : microwave vs. thermal energy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Curing characteristics of unsaturated polyester/aramid reinforced composite : microwave vs. thermal energy |
| title_short | Curing characteristics of unsaturated polyester/aramid reinforced composite : microwave vs. thermal energy |
| title_sort | curing characteristics of unsaturated polyester aramid reinforced composite microwave vs thermal energy |
| topic | TP Chemical technology |
| url | http://eprints.utm.my/1542/1/JTMKKHAS39A%5BBab09%5D.pdf |
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