Study of the Influence of Immersion on the Carbon Fiber/Epxoy Composites

ABSTRACT: Carbon fiber/epoxy composites are studied in this paper. In order to decide the important factors in the performance of the composite materials, many corrosion tests were carried out by means of immersion. The test conditions were decided by the normal (orthogonal test) table of three factors, i.e. temperature, concentration and the test period. The results show that the immersion of the properties of composites deteriorated and that the solution temperature is the most important factor among the three factors. KEY WORDS: carbon fiber/epoxy composites, corrosion, the normal table, immersion