Evaluation of carbon vapour deposition technique for whiskerization treatment of carbon fibers

The main objective of this work was to evaluate the effectiveness of the chemical vapour deposition (CVD) technique for the whiskerization treatment of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based carbon fibers. Carbon whiskers were produced by a benzene-ferrocene gas reaction inside a high temperature tube furn...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rashid, Suraya, Vargis, C., Yunus, Robiah, Shamsudin, Shuhaimi
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Federation of Engineering Institutions of Islamic Countries 2006
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39797/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39797/1/39797.pdf
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author Abdul Rashid, Suraya
Vargis, C.
Yunus, Robiah
Shamsudin, Shuhaimi
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Vargis, C.
Yunus, Robiah
Shamsudin, Shuhaimi
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description The main objective of this work was to evaluate the effectiveness of the chemical vapour deposition (CVD) technique for the whiskerization treatment of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based carbon fibers. Carbon whiskers were produced by a benzene-ferrocene gas reaction inside a high temperature tube furnace. The work focuses on one pre-treatment study and two treatment studies, which were (i) the pre-treatment effect of heating rate on the carbon fibers, (ii) the morphology of treated carbon fiber samples at three different regions inside the furnace, and (iii) the effect of different hydrogen flow rates on the treatment process. The reaction temperature and duration was set at 900oC and 30 minutes respectively. Treated samples were analysed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The pre-treatment study indicated that a heating rate of 5oC/min caused the least amount of damage to the carbon fibers. The treatment studies showed that whiskers were successfully grown onto the carbon fibres with the highest amount of whiskerization occurring for samples nearest the inlet region of the furnace. Different whisker structures were also observed at different hydrogen flow rates.
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spelling upm-397972015-08-20T06:55:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39797/ Evaluation of carbon vapour deposition technique for whiskerization treatment of carbon fibers Abdul Rashid, Suraya Vargis, C. Yunus, Robiah Shamsudin, Shuhaimi The main objective of this work was to evaluate the effectiveness of the chemical vapour deposition (CVD) technique for the whiskerization treatment of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based carbon fibers. Carbon whiskers were produced by a benzene-ferrocene gas reaction inside a high temperature tube furnace. The work focuses on one pre-treatment study and two treatment studies, which were (i) the pre-treatment effect of heating rate on the carbon fibers, (ii) the morphology of treated carbon fiber samples at three different regions inside the furnace, and (iii) the effect of different hydrogen flow rates on the treatment process. The reaction temperature and duration was set at 900oC and 30 minutes respectively. Treated samples were analysed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The pre-treatment study indicated that a heating rate of 5oC/min caused the least amount of damage to the carbon fibers. The treatment studies showed that whiskers were successfully grown onto the carbon fibres with the highest amount of whiskerization occurring for samples nearest the inlet region of the furnace. Different whisker structures were also observed at different hydrogen flow rates. Federation of Engineering Institutions of Islamic Countries 2006 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39797/1/39797.pdf Abdul Rashid, Suraya and Vargis, C. and Yunus, Robiah and Shamsudin, Shuhaimi (2006) Evaluation of carbon vapour deposition technique for whiskerization treatment of carbon fibers. In: Seminar on Engineering and Technology (SET2006) , 4-5 Sept. 2006, Putrajaya, Malaysia. (pp. 483-488).
spellingShingle Abdul Rashid, Suraya
Vargis, C.
Yunus, Robiah
Shamsudin, Shuhaimi
Evaluation of carbon vapour deposition technique for whiskerization treatment of carbon fibers
title Evaluation of carbon vapour deposition technique for whiskerization treatment of carbon fibers
title_full Evaluation of carbon vapour deposition technique for whiskerization treatment of carbon fibers
title_fullStr Evaluation of carbon vapour deposition technique for whiskerization treatment of carbon fibers
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of carbon vapour deposition technique for whiskerization treatment of carbon fibers
title_short Evaluation of carbon vapour deposition technique for whiskerization treatment of carbon fibers
title_sort evaluation of carbon vapour deposition technique for whiskerization treatment of carbon fibers
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39797/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39797/1/39797.pdf