High Temperature Composites: How to Well Select Sizing Agents

When formulating high temperature composites, many formulators just use commodity sizing agents because it is relatively cheap and quite readily available. But these don’t work well in high temperature polymers, and will weaken your composites. Watch this tutorial and learn a step-by-step method to select the best sizing agent for your application.

By Mark DeMeuse

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Chapters

Welcome

Few Words About Mark De Meuse

Structure of High Temperature Composites

Role of the Sizing Agents

How Chemical Structure of the Polymer Matrix Influences the Choice of Sizing Agent

How Manufacturing Process Influences the Choice of Sizing Agent

How Final Properties Influences the Choice of Sizing Agent

Practical Examples

Conclusion

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Watch this tutorial and learn the practical criteria you should consider to select the best sizing agent for your high temperature composites.

Author : Mark DeMeuse

Dr. Mark T. DeMeuse is an internationally recognized expert in the area of structure-property-processing relationships for materials. He received his PhD from Illinois Institute of Technology and then, did postdoctoral studies with a joint appointment between University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Celanese Corporation.

Throughout his career, he has held positions of increasing importance in both technical and management areas at EniChem America, Applied Extrusion Technologies and Celgard. Presently, Dr. DeMeuse runs his own consulting firm in Charlotte, NC specializing in high temperature polymers, composites and porous materials for use as battery separators and filtration membranes. He has published over 50 papers in various areas of polymer research and is the inventor of 35 patents.