Metal single fiber-reinforced prepreg
AssigneeSomar Corporation
InventorsMasatoyo Okitsu, Tsuneo Akatsuka
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Abstract
A composite material is disclosed which includes a sheet of a prepreg including a multitude of substantially uniaxially oriented filaments having a diameter of 3-16 .mu.m and impregnated with a thermosetting resin, and a multiplicity of metal single fibers having a diameter of 50-300 .mu.m and bonded to at least one surface of the sheet with the thermosetting resin, the single fibers being spaced apart from each other with a predetermined space and arranged substantially in parallel with the filaments.
Claims4
A composite material comprising a planar sheet of a prepreg including a multitude of substantially uniaxially oriented filaments selected from the group consisting of carbon, ceramic and aromatic polyamide filaments, said filaments having a diameter of 3-16 .mu.m and impregnated with a thermosetting resin, and a multiplicity of metal single fibers having a diameter of 50-300 .mu.m and bonded to at least one surface of said sheet by said thermosetting resin with only a portion of the circumference of each of said single fibers being embedded in said sheet, said single fibers being spaced apart from each other and arranged substantially in parallel with said filaments.
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