Publication Date
8-1-2000
Degree Program
Department of Chemistry
Degree Type
Master of Science
Abstract
Since the beginning of the space age, the goal of materials development in the aerospace industry has been to replace metal alloys with much lighter polymer resins, while maintaining the strength over a wide temperature range characteristic of metals. Polymers such as polyimides and epoxies have been used to satisfy many needs, but strength, temperature resistance, and ease of processing are difficult to incorporate into a single polymer. Because of this gap, bismaleimides and cyanate esters, and possibly combinations of the two, are seen as having potential in applications where ease of processing characteristic of epoxies is desired, but for which temperature resilience better than that of epoxies is desired. In this project, bismaleimide and cyanate ester compositions based on commercially available monomers are created and evaluated to determine what monomers and compatibilization methods are favorable. Additionally, curing behavior is studied to explain these phenomena.
Disciplines
Chemistry
Recommended Citation
Sisk, Brian, "Development of Bismaleimide/Cyanate Ester Based Aerospace Polymers for Possible Use in NASA's Relaunchable Vehicles Program" (2000). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 702.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/702