The effect of the addition of acrylonitrile-butadiene styrene on the mechanical properties of bismaleimide/carbon composites

The objective of the work was to investigate the effect of addition of various weight percentages of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene in to Bismaleimide resin on mechanical properties. Matrix material and their blends were characterized for viscosity and glass transition temperature. Modified and unmodified carbon composites were prepared and tested for tensile, flexural and impact strengths. Tensile (11%) and impact properties (29%) were found to be highest at 6% weight of ABS. In the case of flexural strength was found to be increasing with increase of ABS. The morphology of the BMI modified resin systems were also studied by scanning electron microscopy