Preparation and properties of high specific strength carbon/carbon composites based on carbon fiber/carbon foam preforms

WANG Xingjun; JIA Jiangang; PAN Zikang; LIU Diqiang; ZANG Shujun

doi:10.13801/j.cnki.fhclxb.20240010.001

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WANG Xingjun, JIA Jiangang, PAN Zikang, et al. Preparation and properties of high specific strength carbon/carbon composites based on carbon fiber/carbon foam preforms[J]. Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica, 2024, 41(8): 4180-4188. doi: 10.13801/j.cnki.fhclxb.20240010.001

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WANG Xingjun, JIA Jiangang, PAN Zikang, et al. Preparation and properties of high specific strength carbon/carbon composites based on carbon fiber/carbon foam preforms[J]. Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica, 2024, 41(8): 4180-4188. doi: 10.13801/j.cnki.fhclxb.20240010.001

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Preparation and properties of high specific strength carbon/carbon composites based on carbon fiber/carbon foam preforms

doi: 10.13801/j.cnki.fhclxb.20240010.001

WANG Xingjun¹,
JIA Jiangang^{1, 2
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,},
PAN Zikang³,
LIU Diqiang^{1, 2},
ZANG Shujun^{1, 2}

1.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China
2.
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China
3.
Harbin Boiler Plant CO., LTD., Harbin 150046, China

Funds: National Natural Science Foundation of China (52162005); Youth Science and Technology Fund of Gansu Province, China (23JRRA777)

Received Date: 2023-10-20
Accepted Date: 2024-01-03
Rev Recd Date: 2023-12-14

Available Online: 2024-01-10

Publish Date: 2024-08-01

Abstract

Abstract

Carbon/carbon composites has been widely used in aerospace, weaponry and other fields with their excellent properties. However, the development of carbon/carbon composites has been limited by the high cost of carbon fiber preforms. Carbon foam has a three-dimensional network structure, and its ligaments show similar properties to carbon fibers, which can be used as the reinforcing phase to prepare carbon/carbon composites. In this paper, carbon foams with different carbon fiber volume contents (0vol%, 1vol%, 3vol%, 5vol%, 7vol%) were prepared as carbon/carbon composites preforms by using phenolic resin as the carbon source and NaCl as the pore-forming agent, and the carbon/carbon composites were prepared by using the rapid densification technique of thermal gradient chemical vapour infiltration (TG-CVI), which investigated the effects of carbon fiber content on the carbon fiber/carbon foam preform and its density, microstructure and mechanical properties after densification. The effects of carbon fiber content on the density, microstructure and mechanical properties of the carbon fiber/carbon foam preform and its densification were investigated. The results showed that with the increase of carbon fiber content, the number of microcracks in the carbon fiber/carbon foam precast body increased significantly, the density gradually decreased from 0.51 g/cm³ to 0.31 g/cm³, and the compressive strength decreased from 51.33 MPa to 1.35 MPa, flexural strength decreased from 42.53 MPa to 6.32 MPa. The compressive and flexural strengths of the carbon/carbon composites were significantly increased after densification, up to 183.67 MPa and 123.46 MPa, respectively, while the density was 1.09 g/cm³, resulting in high specific strength. The thermal conductivity of the composites increased from 0.298 W/(m·K) (before densification) to 2.484 W/(m·K), an increase of 734%, which was attributed to the formation of a three-dimensional thermal conductivity network between the carbon fibers and pyrolytic carbon after densification.
- C/C composites,
- phenolic resins,
- carbon fiber,
- carbon foam,
- chemical vapour phase densification,
- mechanical properties
Long Abstrsct
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