Mechanical characterization of carbon fiber reinforced phenolic resol and epoxy condensate...

A matrix resin for carbon fiber reinforced composite was developed that consisted of resol type phenolic and difunctional epoxy resin (PR-EP) condensate or adduct. Carbon fiber reinforced composite with fiber volume fraction of 0.6 was prepared with PR-EP matrix containing 0, 50, 100, 150, and 175 parts of epoxy resin per hundred parts of phenolic resin (php), especially a synthesized resol type. One-shot and prepreg techniques have been adopted and the study of loss of volatiles has indicated the superiority in terms of favorable processability of prepreg technique over the other. FTIR s