MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BHOPAL

Department Of Material Science & Metallurgical Engineering

[2015-2016]
CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITE
Anurag Singh
Material Science & Technology
M.Tech (1st Year)
Scholar No. 15211911
 Contents
 Introduction
 What are C/C Composites ?
 Composite material group
 Carbon-Carbon Composite Properties.
 Processing of Carbon-Carbon Composite
 Advantage of Carbon-Carbon Composite
 Disadvantage of Carbon-Carbon Composite
 Application
 Reference
 Introduction

 Composite :- Something made up of distinct parts or constituents.

 Composite Material :- A combination of two or more materials with different
mechanical, chemical or physical properties.

 Carbon-Carbon Composite :- By the combination of two major elements

carbon fibers and a carbon matrix.
 What are c/c composites ?

 A composite is basically a material that contains both a reinforcing material to

provide strength and stiffness and a matrix material to surround and hold the
reinforcement together.
 C/C composites are those special composites in which both the reinforcing fibers
and the matrix material are both pure carbon.
 C/C composite are in a special subclass of composite materials. Scientists and
Engineers don’t put C/C composites with fiberglass composites etc.
 Composite material group
 Graphite fiber reinforcement plastic (GFRP) and aramids (Kevlar) are the common used of
the fibers.
 Polymer matrix composite (PMC) and fiber reinforcement plastic (FRP) are known as
Reinforced Plastics.

Fig :- Fiber arranged inside the composite

 Carbon-carbon composite properties
 CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
 Carbon- Carbon (C-C) composites are fire resistance non flammable materials.
 Carbon- Carbon (C-C) have high resistant to corrosion and oxidation.
 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
 Carbon- Carbon (C-C) composites are designed in ideal thermal expansion (to reduce thermal
stress).
 Carbon- Carbon (C-C) composites are structured to absorbing or transmitting magnetic and
electrical energy.
 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Higher strength and lighter materials five times lighter than steel and three times lighter than
aluminum.
Resistance to degradation in high fatigue applications much better than conventional materials.
Capability and ability of ductility, hardness, elasticity, creepy, and fracture toughness.
Processing of carbon-carbon composite
 Advantages of carbon-carbon
composite
 It has long working life.
 It’s density is less than steel.
 It is insensitive to change in temperature.
 It’s property is much better than any of the other metals.
 It’s compressive strength is greater than all the reinforcing materials.
 Disadvantages of carbon-carbon
composite
 It is very costly.
 It is little bit harmful to human body as it cause some form of lung cancer.
 Applications
 It is mostly used in aerospace and aircraft industries.
 It is used in making sports equipment's such as light badminton rackets, golf sticks
etc..,
 Automotive body.
 Used in civil engineering.
 Construction of wind mills.
 Portable powers.
 Rechargeable batteries and fuel cell electrodes.
 Carbon Nosetip.
 Space motor nozzles.
 reference
 http://www.slideshare.net/SantoshSharma13/carbon-fibre-final-ppt
 Research in Carbon-Carbon Composite by Saifeldein Arabab.
 High performance carbon–carbon composites by Lalit M Manocha.
 Carbon-Carbon Composites by G. Rohini Devi and K. Rama Rao.
Thank you