Improvement of the fuel efficiency of automobiles is a crucial challenge for achieving energy conservation and addressing environmental problems. Therefore, fiber reinforced plastic materials, primarily carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP), are garnering attention as materials for reducing the weight of car bodies and parts. Our company welcomes consultations on all sorts of analysis and testing.
Test Items
Object | Task, Purpose | Techniques |
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Carbon Fiber (CF) |
Crystallinity (degree of crystallinity, interplanar spacing) | Raman, XRD |
Compatibility with resin (functional groups) | XPS, Boehm method | |
Sizing material evaluation | XPS, TOF-SIMS | |
Fiber tensile strength | Tensile testing | |
Thermal expansion | TMA | |
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) |
Void (rate), cracks (defects) | X-ray CT |
Fiber orientation | X-ray CT, SEM, optical microscope | |
Surface roughness, resin impregnating ability | SEM, optical microscope | |
Fiber length distribution | Optical microscope | |
Mechanical characteristics (strength, modulus of elasticity, etc.) | Tension testing, Charpy impact testing | |
Thermal expansion (warp), anisotropy of thermal conductivity | TMA, thermal conductivity | |
Safety, reliability | Immersion test in gasoline, salt spray test | |
Heat generated gas | Py-GC/MS, TG-MS | |
Matrix (Resin: polymer) |
Composition analysis | Py-GC/MS, GC-MS, FT-IR |
Molecular weight distribution | GPC | |
Crystallinity, Crystalline | XRD, DSC, polarizing microscope | |
Glass transition point | Temperature modulated DSC | |
Amount of unreacted monomer | Extraction-GC/MS, etc. | |
Amount of moisture | Karl Fischer | |
Foreign matter analysis | FT-IR, EPMA |
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