Optical microscopy of fiber-reinforced composites / Brian S. Hayes and Luther M. Gammon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayes, Brian S.

Contributor:

Gammnon, Luther M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microscopy.

Fibrous composities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Materials Park, Ohio : ASM International, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Optical microscopy is one of the most valuable but under utilized tools for analyzing fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites. This hands-on instructional book covers everything: sample preparation, microscopic techniques, and applications. The power of optical microscopy to study the microstructure of these heterogeneous, anisotropic materials is illustrated with over 180 full color images.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction Composite Materials and Optical Microscopy""; ""Composite Materials""; ""Polymer Matrices""; ""Prepreg Materials""; ""Infusion Processes""; ""Composite- and Matrix-Toughening Methods""; ""Dispersed-Phase Toughening""; ""Interlayer-Toughened Composites""; ""Honeycomb/Foam Structure Composite Materials""; ""Optical Microscopy of Composite Materials""; ""Sample Preparation and Mounting""; ""Documentation and Labeling""; ""Sectioning the Composite""; ""Clamp-Mounting Composite Samples Automated Polishing Heads""

""Mounting Composite Samples in Casting Resins""""Addition of Contrast Dyes to Casting Resins""; ""Molds for Mounting Composite Materials""; ""Summary of Mounting Procedure""; ""Clamping Mounted Composite Samples in Automated Polishing Heads""; ""Mounting Composite Materials for Hand Polishing""; ""Mounting Technique Summary""; ""Rough Grinding and Polishing""; ""Grinding and Polishing Equipment and Process Variables""; ""Processes for Sample Preparation""; ""Abrasive Sizing for Grinding and Rough Polishing""; ""Rough Grinding Sample Removal""; ""Summary of Grinding Methods""

""Rough Polishing""""Summary of Rough Polishing""; ""Final Polishing""; ""Summary of Final Polishing""; ""Common Polishing Artifacts""; ""Special Sample Preparation and Polishing""; ""Preparation of Titanium Honeycomb Composites""; ""Preparation of Boron Fiber Composites""; ""Preparation of Titanium/Polymeric Composite Hybrids""; ""Preparation of Uncured Prepreg Materials""; ""Viewing the Specimen Using Reflected-Light Microscopy""; ""Macrophotography and Analysis""; ""Microscope Alignment""; ""Bright-Field Illumination""; ""Dark-Field Illumination""; ""Polarized-Light Microscopy""

""Interference and Contrast Microscopy""""Fluorescence Microscopy""; ""Penetration Dyes""; ""Stains and Dyes for Polymeric Material Dispersed Phases""; ""Etches for Polymeric Matrices""; ""Summary""; ""Thin-Section Preparation and Transmitted-Light Microscopy""; ""Procedure and Selection of the Rough Section""; ""Preparation of the Rough Section for Preliminary Mounting""; ""Grinding and Polishing the Primary-Mount First Surface""; ""Mounting the First Surface on a Glass Slide""; ""Preparing the Second Surface (Top Surface)""; ""Summary for Ultrathin-Section Sample Preparation""

""Transmitted-Light Microscopy""""Optimization of Microscope Conditions""; ""Microscopy of the Section""; ""Examples of Ultrathin-Section Analyses""; ""Conclusions""; ""Composite Structure Analysis""; ""Ply Terminations and Splices""; ""Multiple Material Combinations""; ""Fiber Orientation Verification""; ""Void Analysis of Composite Materials""; ""Volatiles and Void Content""; ""Voids due to Entrapped Air""; ""Voids at Ply-Drops""; ""Voids due to High Fiber Packing""; ""Voids in Honeycomb Core Composites""; ""Void Documentation""; ""Microcrack Analysis of Composite Materials""

""Bright-Field and Polarized-Light Analysis of Microcracked Composites""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62708-349-9

1-61344-126-6

1-61503-143-X

OCLC:

746853762