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The oxidative stability of carbon fibre reinforced glass-matrix composites

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The environmental stability of carbon fibre reinforced glass-matrix composites is assessed. Loss of composite strength due to oxidative exposure at elevated temperatures under no load, static load and cyclic fatigue as well as due to thermal cycling are all examined. It is determined that strength loss is gradual and predictable based on the oxidation of carbon fibres. The glass matrix was not found to prevent this degradation but simply to limit it to a gradual process progressing from the composite surfaces inward.

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Prewo, K.M., Batt, J.A. The oxidative stability of carbon fibre reinforced glass-matrix composites. J Mater Sci 23, 523–527 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01174679

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