Fabrication of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Aromatic Polyamide Composites and Their Thermal Conductivities with a h-BN Filler.

In this study, a carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite was fabricated using a new aromatic polyamide (APA) as a matrix. Non-isothermal crystallization behaviors in the cooling process of APA resin (a semi-crystalline polymer) and composite were analyzed by using a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). To determine the optimum molding conditions, processing parameters such as the molding temperature and time were varied during compression molding of the Carbon/APA composite.