Graphite, glass, and resin composite is very strong, stiff, and thermally stable. As mounting material for antennas, mirrors and lenses, composite minimizes structural distortion and misalignment. Rods of substance are made by pulling preimpregnated ribbon of glass and graphite through die. When materials are combined in proper proportion, graphite contracts, and glass and resin expand as temperature increases. Matrix for fiber may be polysulfane, epoxy, polyimide, or othe resin.
Composites with nearly zero thermal expansion
NASA Tech Briefs ; 5 , 3
1981-01-01
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Design of Hybrid Composites with Zero Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
British Library Online Contents | 1992
|Zero thermal expansion composites of high strength and stiffness
TIBKAT | 1969
|Union station expansion nearly completed
Engineering Index Backfile | 1929
ICAS-92-5.8 R Design of Hybrid Composites with Zero Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1992
|Nearly Isotropic Resin-Transfer-Molded Composites
Online Contents | 1998