Affiliation:
1. Dalian University of Technology
Abstract
Metallization of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites aggrandized their application to aircraft, automobile, and wind power industries. However, their application is impeded by insufficient coating adhesion strength. In order to enhance coating adhesion strength between metal coating and fiber-reinforced polymer composites substrate, a new electroless-electrolytic plating process is proposed. The plating process of composite includes the preparation composite specimens with interlayer, micro-roughening, decreasing, acid activation, electroless plating and electroplating. The coating adhesion strength was measured by pull-out test.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.