Patent ID: 9617660
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: C08K,C09K,D01D,D01F,D04H,D10B,H01B

Claim:
1. A process for producing a composite, the process comprising: a. gas assisted electrospinning a fluid stock into an electrospun material, the fluid stock comprising or prepared by combining (i) a polymer and (ii) a metal reagent component, forming an electrospun material, the polymer and metal reagent being combined in a metal reagent to polymer weight ratio of at least 1:1, and the metal reagent not undergoing a sol-gel process; b. thermally treating the electrospun material to provide nanofiber nanostructure reinforcing additive comprising a metal carbide nanofiber matrix; c. embedding the nanofiber nanostructure reinforcing additive in a bulk matrix material.