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AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
InventorsShouaki Ide, Akira Shimamoto, Toshiaki Yutori, Masahiko Uchimura
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A carbon fiber prepreg comprising a unit layer consisting of carbon fibers and a matrix resin layer, and stranded filaments or single filaments incorporated thereinto. The steel fiber is an Ni plated low-carbon dual-phase steel filament and has a filament diameter of not more than 100 .mu.m, a tensile strength of 300 to 700 kgf/mm.sup.2, and an area reduction at fracture of more than 20%. The carbon fibers and steel filaments are aligned codirectionally, and the steel fiber content of the prepreg relative to the carbon fiber is not more than 10 vol %. Sheets of the carbon fiber prepreg are laminated to form a carbon fiber reinforced composite.
A carbon fiber prepreg comprising a unit layer consisting of unidirectionally aligned carbon fibers and a matrix resin layer, and Stranded filaments individually formed from a plurality of steel filaments twisted together and having a filament diameter of 100 .mu.m or less, a tensile strength of 300 to 700 kgf/mm.sup.2, and an area reduction at fracture of 20% or more which are incorporated into the unit layer in codirectional relation with the carbon fibers so that the steel fiber content of the prepreg relative to the carbon fibers is 10 vol % or less.
A carbon fiber prepreg comprising a unit layer consisting of unidirectionally aligned carbon fibers and a matrix resin layer, and single filaments of the steel fiber having a filament diameter of 100 .mu.m or less, a tensile strength of 300 to 700 kgf/mm.sup.2, and an area reduction at fracture of 20% or more which are incorporated into the unit layer in codirectional relation with the carbon fibers so that the steel fiber content of the prepreg relative to the carbon fibers is 10 vol % or less in such a way that they are evenly and finely distributed within the unit layer.
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