Reinforced composites, methods of manufacture, and articles therefrom

A reinforced composite comprising:

• a first layer and a second layer;
• wherein the first layer comprises a reinforcing material and the second layer comprises a carbon composite;
• the reinforcing material comprising one or more of the following:
• a carbon fiber based reinforcing material;
• a fiberglass based reinforcing material;
• a metal based reinforcing material;
• or a ceramic based reinforcing material;
• and
• the carbon composite comprises about 50 wt. % to about 80 wt. % of carbon and about 20 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of a binder, based on a total weight of the carbon composite, the carbon comprising one or more of the following:
• expanded graphite;
• expandable graphite;
• natural graphite;
• or synthetic graphite;
• and the binder containing one or more of the following:
• SiO2;
• Si;
• B;
• B2O3;
• a metal;
• or an alloy of the metal;
• and wherein the metal is one or more of the following:
• aluminum;
• copper;
• titanium;
• nickel;
• tungsten;
• chromium;
• iron;
• manganese;
• zirconium;
• hafnium;
• vanadium;
• niobium;
• molybdenum;
• tin;
• bismuth;
• antimony;
• lead;
• cadmium;
• or selenium,
• wherein the reinforced composite comprises about 92 wt % to about 99 wt % of the carbon composite based on the total weight of the reinforced composite.