Abstract

AbstractIn this paper, moisture absorption of carbon/epoxy‐amine 3D woven composite materials is studied by immersion in distilled water at 70°C. If the moisture uptake measured by gravimetry is slow and weak over time, various antagonistic phenomena appear. Desorption highlights mass losses due to chemical changes in the material that mask the true water content of the aged samples. The X‐ray photoelectron spectrometry (XPS) reveals a decrease in the carbon and nitrogen proportions and an increase in the oxygen proportions after ageing, allowing to observe surface erosion and oxidation of the matrix. Finally, the rise of silicon is a sign of extraction of the silica‐based particles exuded to the surface. This presence is confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).

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