Abstract: Small ceramic particles (e.g., of TiC) are incorporated into fibers. The ceramic particles enhance the friction and/or wear properties of a carbon-carbon composite article made with the impregnated or coated fibers. The impregnated fibers can be, e.g., polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers, pitch fibers, and other such fibers as are commonly employed in the manufacture of C-C friction materials. The impregnated fibers can be used to make woven, nonwoven, or random fiber preforms or in other known preform types. Preferred products are brake discs and other components of braking systems. The particles may be included in the fibers by mixing them with the resin employed to make the fibers and/or by applying them to the surfaces of the fibers in a binder.

Abstract: Polymer structures and methods for making such polymer structures are provided. More particularly, polymer structures comprising a hydroxyl polymer structure, such as a fiber comprising a hydroxyl polymer are provided. Even more particularly, fibrous structures comprising a hydroxyl polymer structure, such as a fiber comprising a hydroxyl polymer, wherein the fibrous structure exhibits a CETM Factor of less than 20 and/or a CETM*L2 Factor of less than 950 are provided.

Abstract: Cementitious composites engineered for self-healing, combining self-controlled tight crack width and extreme tensile ductility. Self-healing takes place automatically at cracked locations without external intervention. In the exemplary embodiment, fiber-reinforced cementitious composites with self-controlled tight crack width less than 50 ?m and tensile ductility more than 2% are prepared. Self-healing in terms of mechanical and transport properties recovery of pre-damaged (by pre-cracking) composite is revealed in a variety of environmental exposures, include wetting and drying cycles, water permeation, and chloride submersion.

Abstract: A composite material and a base plate made of this composite material for mounting electrical components and for connecting these components to a cooling device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the composite material includes a matrix material and fibers embedded therein. The fibers have in this case an anisotropic, directionally optimized distribution in the matrix material, so that heat occurring in a locally confined area can be effectively distributed and dissipated. The material of the fibers includes SiC, highly graphitized carbon or diamond. The fibers are arranged in the matrix material in various fiber levels, the fibers in the upper fiber levels being oriented predominantly horizontally in relation to a reference area and the fibers in the lower fiber levels being oriented predominantly vertically in relation to the reference area.

Abstract: To provide a fine carbon fiber/metal composite material having high mechanical strength, a high thermal conductivity and a low coefficient of thermal expansion and suitable as a substrate for an electronic device. A fine carbon fiber/metal composite material, which is prepared by pressure impregnating a molded product containing fine carbon fibers having a fiber diameter of from 0.5 to 500 nm and a fiber length of at most 1,000 ?m, having a multilayer structure wherein cylindrical carbon layers overlap one another, and having a hollow-structured central axis, with aluminum, magnesium, copper or an alloy of such a metal, by molten metal forging.

Abstract: Synthetic staple fibers having good air opening property and useful for producing an air-laid nonwoven fabric having excellent quality, have a fiber length of 0.1 to 45 mm and a cross-sectional profile having 1 to 30 concavities, in which cross-sectional profile the ratio D/L, of a largest depth D of each concavity to a largest width L of the opening of the concavity, is in the range of from 0.1 to 0.5.

Abstract: The invention relates to a material with high fracture toughness based on a vinyl ester resin and/or on an epoxide resin and to its process of manufacture. This material comprises at least one polymerized resin chosen from vinyl ester resins and epoxide resins which can be polymerized at a temperature of less than 70° C. and their blends, and a thermoplastic adjuvant present in this resin in the form of particles, and exhibits a fracture toughness (KIc) of greater than or equal to 1.2 MPa·m1/2 as determined according to Standard ISO 13586:2000. It also relates to a composite material comprising a matrix composed of said material and a reinforcement. Applications: automobile, railway, ship-building, aeronautical, aerospatial and other industries.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a fire retardant composite panel material is fabricated. A water-based slurry comprising partially soluble boric acid and borax pentahydrate solids is created. An adhesive used in the composite panel fabrication process is added to fibers. The water-based slurry is separately added to the adhesive and, after mixing, to the fibers. The composite panel produced thereby is also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a prepreg laminate, constructed from a first prepreg; a second prepreg; and a thermoplastic layer therebetween. In the inventive laminate, at least one of the first prepreg or the second prepreg is made from a matrix resin comprising a benzoxazine-containing composition.

Abstract: Provided is a functional building board having an antimicrobial function, which retains anti-algal and antifungal agents for a long period of time in a coat on an external wall material by using several kinds of antimicrobial composite materials, and is provided with stain-proofing function to wash away stains on the external wall material, and in which the design is not largely restricted by the color of the anti-algal or antifungal paint or by the state of the coat and the design is not influenced by the coating step in the final step. The building board according to the present invention has a coat formed on the surface, and is characterized in that antimicrobial composite materials are included on the surface of the coat and a coat layer containing colloidal silica as a main component is formed, said antimicrobial composite materials being characterized in that they control generation of algae and fungi and said building board being a fiber reinforced cement board.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a composite material comprising PPTA (poly-p-phenyleneterephthalamide) and nanotubes having an aspect ratio of at least 100 and a cross-sectional diameter of 5 nm or less, the composite material containing up to 12 wt. % of nanotubes, obtainable by adding the nanotubes to sulfuric acid, decreasing the temperature to solidify the mixture, adding PPTA to the solid mixture, heating to above the solidifying point and mixing the mixture, and spinning, casting, or molding the mixture to the composite material. The process comprises the steps: a) adding nanotubes having an aspect ratio of at least 100 and a cross-sectional diameter of 5 nm or less to sulfuric acid at a temperature above the solidifying point of the sulfuric acid; b) decreasing the temperature to below the solidifying point of the sulfuric acid and mixing for a sufficient time to solidify the mixture; c) adding PPTA to the solid mixture; and d) heating to above the solidifying point and mixing the mixture.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting resin composite material excellent in mechanical strength and wear resistance at high temperature, which is achieved by converting graphite into thin-layered one and dispersing it in a thermosetting resin homogeneously. A thermosetting resin composite material, wherein an organically modified graphite having an organic compound molecule inserted between graphite layers is mixed with a thermosetting resin, the organically modified graphite being prepared by subjecting graphite to a chemical treatment to form a graphite interlayer compound having a low-molecular substance inserted between graphite layers and subsequently immersing the resultant product in a solution of an organically modifying agent, as well as a process for producing the same. Preferably, the organically modified graphite is mixed with a thermosetting resin to be converted into thin-layered one having a layer thickness of 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a ballistic-resistant molded article in which a stack of monolayers is formed, each monolayer containing unidirectionally oriented reinforcing fibers and at most 30 mass % of a plastic matrix material, the reinforcing fibers being highly-drawn polyethylene fibers, and with the fiber direction in each monolayer being rotated with respect to the fiber direction in an adjacent monolayer, the stack then being compressed at a pressure of more than 25 MPa and a temperature between 125 and 150° C., and the plastic matrix material having a 100% modulus of at least 3 MPa.

Abstract: A connection between composites (10, 12) with non-compatible properties and a method of preparing of such connections are provided. The composites comprise first and second type fibres, respectively, as well as resin. The connection comprises a transition zone (52) between the composites (10, 12) having a layered structure. The transition zone may optionally comprise a transition member and the transition member may optionally be integrated with one or more of the composites. Examples of non-compatible properties where the present connection will be appreciated are great differences in stiffness, e.g. Young's modulus, or in coefficient of thermal expansion.

Abstract: The present invention is ceramic matrix composite gas turbine engine component comprising a plurality of cured ceramic matrix composite plies, each ply comprising ceramic fiber tows, each ceramic fiber tow comprising a plurality of ceramic fibers, the tows in each ply lying adjacent to one another such that each ply has a unidirectional orientation. The component further comprises a layer of a coating on the ceramic fibers. The component further comprises a ceramic matrix material lying in interstitial regions between the fibers and tows of each ply and the interstitial region between the plurality of plies, wherein at least a portion of the component is no greater than about 0.021 inch thick. The present invention is also a method for making such a ceramic matrix composite component.

Abstract: A porous material comprising vapor grown carbon fiber in an amount of 10 to 90 mass %, fiber filaments of the carbon fiber forming a three-dimensional network and having a diameter of 1 to 1,000 nm, an aspect ratio of 5 to 15,000, a specific surface area (by BET method) of 2 to 2,000 m2/g, and the ratio of the intensity of the peak at 1,360 cm?1 in a Raman scattering spectrum of the carbon fiber to that of the peak at 1,580 cm?1 in the spectrum(I1360/I1580) is 0.1 to 2.0, wherein the porosity of the porous material (V/V0) is 0.50 to 0.99 and a specific surface area is 5 to 1,000 m2/g; and a production method and use thereof. The vapor grow carbon fiber impregnated in the porous material of the present invention does not contain aggregates and a three-dimensional network is formed between the fiber filaments, wherein length of each of the fiber filaments is maintained.

Abstract: An artificial hair fiber bundle comprising: a mixture of a synthetic acrylic base fiber (A) made of an acrylic base copolymer containing acrylonitrile, vinyl chloride and vinylidene chloride and a first vinyl monomer copolymerizable therewith, a synthetic acrylic base fiber (B) made of an acrylic base copolymer containing acrylonitrile, vinyl chloride and a second vinyl monomer copolymerizable therewith; a synthetic polyvinyl chloride base fiber having a monofilament fineness of 30 to 90 decitexes, provides a hair decorative product superior in stylability and sensory characteristics and favorable for use as a wig, hairpiece, or the like.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide fiber for artificial hair which is deformable by hands at will and has the shape-retaining property. The present invention relates to fiber for artificial hair containing a plastically deformable filament (A) containing a thermoplastic resin having the restoration angle of not more than 30 degrees, after 10 minutes from bending it at 90 degrees. Further, it relates to fiber for artificial hair, which has the shape retention of not less than 30% when it is wound ten times on a cylindrical collar having a diameter of 10 mm and allowed to stand for 10 minutes, and the cylindrical collar was removed and allowed to stand for 5 minutes. The invention also relates to fiber for artificial hair, which is utilized for periwigs, wigs, doll hair, hair accessories, eyelashes, beards or the like by further coloring them.

Abstract: A dispersion spun polytetrafluoroethylene fiber exhibiting improved elongation prior to fiber break and increased thermal stability, the fiber prepared by forming a spin mix containing a dispersion of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) particles, forming an intermediate fluoropolymer fiber structure from the spin mix, sintering the intermediate fluoropolymer fiber structure and forming a continuous fluoropolymer filament yarn, drawing the continuous fluoropolymer filament yarn, and thereafter heat setting the continuous fluoropolymer filament yarn.

Abstract: A conformable veil is formed by impregnating a random mat of glass fibers formed with a polystyrene-based resin. The veil is then introduced between two layers of a sheet molding compound resin paste and compacted to form a compacted sheet. The compacted sheet is then introduced to a mold and molded to form a soft, flexible sheet molding composite part having good resin and fiber distribution. Resin and fiber distribution of the present invention is improved because the polystyrene-based resin is soluble in the sheet molding compound resin paste and allows the plurality of fibers to flow freely within the resin paste during the molding process.