# PROPERTIES OF GF-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS IN BEAM STRUCTURE

> Title: PROPERTIES OF GF-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS IN BEAM STRUCTURE Page Range: p.581-589 Author(s): Nomura M; Makita J; Hamada H File size: 358K Download the pdf (subscribers only) Buy the pdf (non-subscribers) Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites Issue Year: ppc Volume: 11 Issue No:...

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**Title: PROPERTIES OF GF-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS IN BEAM STRUCTURE**
 Page Range: p.581-589
 Author(s): Nomura M; Makita J; Hamada H
 File size: 358K
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 Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
 Issue Year: ppc
 Volume: 11
 Issue No: No. 7

**Abstract**
 This study verifies that a structure in which glass fibres are apparently joined, namely, a beam structure, can be formed in the matrix resin by using the fact that the polymer resins with a high affinity for glass fibres, tend to migrate towards the glass fibre interface. Glass fibre content and glass fibre length are shown to be important factors influencing the formation of a beam structure. The larger the glass fibre content, and the greater the glass fibre length, the easier is the formation of the beam structure. It was verified that even if the resin content was so small as to form the dispersed phase in polymer blends, a continuous phase could still be formed by including glass fibres. By adding a small amount of resin having a higher heat resistance than the matrix resin, and having an affinity for glass fibres, fibres were successfully joined by selective migration of this small quantity of resin to the interface with the glass fibres. The beam structure material was found to have a HDT significantly higher than that of conventional glass fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites, and by applying this concept to glass fibre reinforced polystyrene, the HDT of GFPS improved from 100 - 110 degrees C to 200-250 degrees C. 15 refs.

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