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Study on the mechanical behavior of PEI composites reinforced with short carbon fibers and TiO2 particles

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The effect of TiO2 dispersion on the tensile, flexural, and impact properties of carbon-fiber-reinforced PEI matrix composites (CF/PEI) was investigated. Increasing the TiO2 content in the CF/PEI composite from 1 to 3 wt.% raised its tensile and flexural strengths and moduli, whereupon these characteristics declined. The impact strength was optimum at 3 wt.% TiO2.

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The authors are thankfull for the help from the “ChenGuang” project supported by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Shanghai Education Development Foundation (project no. 09CG65) and for the support from the Leading Academic Discipline Project of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, Project Number: J51802. Shanghai Municipal Natural Science Foundation: 11ZR1413600.

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Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 373-380, May-June, 2012.

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Zhang, J.G. Study on the mechanical behavior of PEI composites reinforced with short carbon fibers and TiO2 particles. Mech Compos Mater 48, 253–258 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-012-9272-8

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