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ALD Technical Solutions CompositeWrap™ BDC20 Carbon Fabric

CompositeWrap™ BDC20 Carbon Fabric is a medium weight, high tensile strength bidirectional carbon fabric. This material is engineered to provide extremely strong, durable and lightweight composites for structural reinforcement. CompositeWrap™ BDC20 Carbon Fabric is easy to apply, corrosion resistant and can be applied at any thickness required to provide adequate structural reinforcement. It easily wets out and can be installed using the wet lay-up technique.

Reinforcement Material: Carbon Fibers

Reinforcement Form: Multiaxial Fabric

Processing Methods: Hand Lay-up

Features: Corrosion Resistant, Durable, Excellent Wetting Behaviour, Good Mechanical Properties, High Strength, High Tensile Strength, Light Weight

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Applications

CompositeWrapTM BDC20 Carbon Fabric is designed to install in-field repairs and retrofit to steel and concrete structures such as exterior and interior pipe wrapping, buried pipe repair, seismic reinforcement, concrete reinforcement, tank and vessel repair, etc.

Properties

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Specifications
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Chemical Compostion (Carbon)93%-
Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion4.5 × 10⁻⁶/°FASTM D 696
CTE3.8 × 10⁻⁷1/℃-
Density1.8g/cm3-
Dielectric Constant7.86-ASTM D150
Dissipation Factor0.025-ASTM D150
Electric Resistivity1.6 × 10⁻³Ω.cm-
Fabric Weight678GSM-
Fiber Filament Diamter7µm-
Flexural Modulus4.3GPaASTM D7264
Flexural Strength195MPaASTM D7264
Glass Transition63ASTM D3418
High Speed PunctureDuctile-ASTM D3763
Load (90°C Direction)10275NASTM D3039
Load (0°C Direction)17170NASTM D3039
Poisson’s Ratio0.2--
Specific Heat0.18Cal/g.°C
Strain2.1%-
Strain5%ASTM D7264
Strain (0°C Direction)2.85%ASTM D3039
Strain (90°C Direction)2.1%ASTM D3039
Surface Resistivity1.00 × 10¹⁴ohmASTM D257
Surface Resistivity5.24 × 10¹⁵ohm/squareASTM D257
Tensile Modulus230GPa-
Tensile Modulus (0°C Direction)28.95GPaASTM D3039
Tensile Modulus (90°C Direction)27.1GPaASTM D3039
Tensile Strength4900MPa-
Tensile Strength (0°C Direction)631.5MPaASTM D3039
Tensile Strength (90°C Direction)362MPaASTM D3039
Thermal Condusctivity0.0224Cal/cm.s.℃-
Thickness (0°C Direction)1.16mmASTM D3039
Thickness (90°C Direction)1.12mmASTM D3039
Total Energy14.8JoulesASTM D3763
Volume Resistivity1.00 × 10¹⁴ohmASTM D257
Volume Resistivity2.03 × 10¹⁶ohm.cmASTM D257
Water Adsorption (weight change in one week exposure)0.33%ASTM D5229

Packaging & Availability

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CompositeWrapTM BDC20 Carbon Fabric supply in 12, 24 and 48 inches width, 1 roll.