Recovery of carbon fiber from carbon fiber reinforced plastics using alkali molten hydroxide.

ABSTRACT: High-strength carbon fibers were recovered by a new method, involving the decomposition of the thermosetting resin part of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) by heating it in a mixture of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and potassium hydroxide (KOH). Alkali molten hydroxide was prepared by heating the mixture of NaOH and KOH at various ratios (NaOH: KOH = 1:0, 3:1, 1:1, 1:3, 0:1) at 400^oC, and the CFRP was then heated with the aforementioned alkali molten hydroxide under a nitrogen atmosphere at 200-400^oC for 0-90 min. Subsequently, the CFRP was washed with distilled water and filtered to recover the carbon fibers, and its tensile strength was estimated. Carbon fibers with higher strength can be recovered by heating the CFRP with an alkali molten hydroxide. As the tempera

SUBMITTER: Wajima T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11696450 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature