Long-term Thermo-oxidative Degradation Modeling of a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polyimide Composite: Multistep Degradation Behaviors and Kinetics

Yi Liu; Xiao-Zhou Xu; Song Mo; Bang-Wei Lan; Cai-Zhen Zhu; Cui-Hua Li; Jian Xu; Lin Fan

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Long-term Thermo-oxidative Degradation Modeling of a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polyimide Composite: Multistep Degradation Behaviors and Kinetics

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- Long-term Thermo-oxidative Degradation Modeling of a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polyimide Composite: Multistep Degradation Behaviors and Kinetics
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 38, Issue 11, Pages: 1202-1213(2020)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.Institute of Low-dimensional Materials Genome Initiative, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
  b.Laboratory of Advanced Polymer Materials, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  c.School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Author bio：
  
  fanlin@iccas.ac.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s10118-020-2425-7
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- Received：22 January 2020，
  
  Revised：2020-2-27，
  
  Accepted：13 March 2020，
  
  Online First：15 June 2020，
  
  Published：14 August 2020
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Liu, Y.; Xu, X. Z.; Mo, S.; Lan, B. W.; Zhu, C. Z.; Li, C. H.; Xu, J.; Fan, L. Long-term thermo-oxidative degradation modeling of a carbon fiber reinforced polyimide composite: multistep degradation behaviors and kinetics. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 38, 1202–1213

Yi Liu, Xiao-Zhou Xu, Song Mo, et al. Long-term Thermo-oxidative Degradation Modeling of a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polyimide Composite: Multistep Degradation Behaviors and Kinetics[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2020, 38(11): 1202-1213.
Liu, Y.; Xu, X. Z.; Mo, S.; Lan, B. W.; Zhu, C. Z.; Li, C. H.; Xu, J.; Fan, L. Long-term thermo-oxidative degradation modeling of a carbon fiber reinforced polyimide composite: multistep degradation behaviors and kinetics. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 38, 1202–1213 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-020-2425-7.

Yi Liu, Xiao-Zhou Xu, Song Mo, et al. Long-term Thermo-oxidative Degradation Modeling of a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polyimide Composite: Multistep Degradation Behaviors and Kinetics[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2020, 38(11): 1202-1213. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-020-2425-7.

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This study aims to disclose the thermo-oxidative degradation behaviors and kinetics of a carbon fiber reinforced polyimide (CFRPI) composite for modeling of the long-term degradation process. The degradation behaviors were revealed through off-gas products analysis

and the overall kinetic interpretation was achieved from study of the mass-loss curves recorded under dynamic conditions. It was found that thermo-oxidative degradation of the CFRPI composite was a multistep process

which included four main reaction steps. Since most kinetic analysis methods were derived from simple reactions described by a single kinetic triplet

they cannot be applied reliably to such a process. Therefore

we firstly separated the four overlapped reaction steps by peak fitting of derivative thermogravimetric curves using Fraser-Suzuki equation considering the asymmetrical nature of kinetic curves

and subsequently analyzed each individual reaction employing Friedman method and experimental master-plots method. Four sets of kinetic triplets were determined to characterize the entire degradation process. The validity of four corresponding kinetic triplets was confirmed by perfect simulation of mass-loss curves recorded at both dynamic conditions used in kinetic analysis and entirely different isothermal conditions. Finally

modeling of long-term aging at 400 °C of the CFRPI composite was successfully achieved based on these kinetic triplets. The predicted mass loss and flexural property correlated well with experimental results. This study can serve as a basis for rapid evaluation of the long-term durability of the CFRPI composite in various application environments.

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