Abstract
The effects of fibre fraction on thermal degradation of composites containing glass, carbon and glass/carbon hybrid reinforcements in a bifunctional epoxy resin system were studied. Thermogravimetric technique was used to monitor the weight loss with the temperature. The degradation patterns so obtained were correlated with the fibre fraction of the composites.
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