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Study on the laser ablation behavior of nitride coatings on carbon fiber epoxy resin composite

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The application of carbon fiber epoxy resin composite (CFRP) in the aerospace industry is limited by the laser treatment, because of the poor oxidation resistance and anti-laser ablation performance of the composites. The application of a coating on components is an effective method to improve their laser ablation resistance. The nitride coatings, consisting of Si3N4, AlN, BN, and an epoxy resin, were applied onto the CFRP using brush painting. When irradiating at 100 W/cm2 for 5 s, the damage has occurred on the coating with Si3N4 and AlN, and the BN coating remains original morphology at 100 W/cm2 for 20 s. With the power density has increased to 200 W/cm2, the serious ablation damage occurs in the BN coating irradiated for 10 s. Due to the heat absorption of resin pyrolysis and the low thermal conductivity of CFRP, the highest back-surface temperature is only 75 °C. The laser protection performance of CFRP should mainly improved by increasing the reflectivity of the coating.

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This work was supported by National Key Research and Development Program (2022YFE0121200), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52073029) and the special fund for Science and Technology Innovation Teams of Shanxi Province (202204051001001).

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

    Yu Yang, Zhuang Ma, Lihong Gao & Xinchun Tian

  2. National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Materials Under Shock and Impact, Beijing, 100081, China

    Yu Yang, Zhuang Ma, Lihong Gao & Xinchun Tian

  3. Tangshan Research Institute, Beijing Institute of Technology, Tangshan, 063000, China

    Yu Yang, Zhuang Ma & Lihong Gao

  4. Institute of Chemistry of New Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 220141, Minsk, Belarus

    Alexandr.A. Rogachev

  5. Beijing Xinghang Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd, Beijing, 100081, China

    Weizhi Tian, Xin Gao & Baowen Xu

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Formal analysis, visualization, original draft preparation and writing, YY; supervision and project administration, ZM; conceptualization, AAR; data curation, WT, XG and BX; writing—review and editing, LG and XT.

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Yang, Y., Ma, Z., Rogachev, A. et al. Study on the laser ablation behavior of nitride coatings on carbon fiber epoxy resin composite. J Mater Sci 59, 95–104 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-09166-z

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