The pyrolysis of carbon/phenolic composites is a critical step in the manufacture of high
temperature carbon/carbon components. Understanding the reaction kinetics of the pyrolysis …

Phenolic resin is a matrix material widely used in ablative thermal protection systems (TPS)
and its pyrolysis behavior is crucial for the analysis and prediction of TPS thermal response …

Over a century ago, phenolic formaldehyde (PF) resin was developed and continues to
increase in yield due to its diverse applications. However, PF resin is a thermosetting plastic …

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to characterize the structure of phenol
formaldehyde (PF) resin pyrolyzed at different temperatures, and pyrolysis gas …

The thermal behaviour in nitrogen and in air of phenol-formaldehyde, m-cresol-
formaldehyde and p-cresol-formaldehyde resins having different levels of crosslinking is …

Boron-containing phenolic resin (BPR) is a kind of the ablative resins with high-
performance. Due to the lack of the exact knowledge concerning the pyrolysis mechanism of …

Molar yields of the pyrolysis products of thermal protection systems (TPSs) are needed in
order to improve high fidelity material response models. The volatile chemical species …

Abstract Thermal Protection Materials (TPM) such as carbon/phenolic composites are used
to protect spacecraft structures from extreme conditions. This protection is, in part, achieved …

The pyrolysis of pure phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resin and boron carbide (B4C) modified PF
resin was investigated by using thermogravimetry (TG) and pyrolysis gas-chromatography …

Material response models for phenolic-based thermal protection systems (TPSs) for
atmospheric entry are limited by the lack of knowledge of the nonequilibrium processes that …