The concept of application of crumbled carbon foam obtained from polymer precursor as a filler in polymer/carbon composite was described. The carbon foam used as powdered reinforcement of composites was prepared from epoxy resin cross-linked with phenol–formaldehyde resin (novolac) in a self-foaming process followed by carbonization at not very high temperature and ambient pressure. The structure of the carbon foam filler and resultant composites was studied by microscopic and spectroscopic methods. In the final composites, there were observed good quality dispersion of micronized grains of carbon foam, with the sizes that preserve their specific porous structure, in epoxy matrix and excellent adhesion at interfacial areas. The influence of the CF filler on the properties of resultant composites were investigated. Due to valuable properties of carbon foam, resultant composites occurred to have interesting characteristics: densities similar to those of pure polymer matrix, advantageous thermal and viscoelastic properties and enhanced tribological features.

描述了将由聚合物前体获得的压碎碳泡沫作为填料应用于聚合物/碳复合材料的概念。用作复合材料粉末增强材料的碳泡沫是通过在自发泡过程中与酚醛树脂（酚醛清漆）交联的环氧树脂制备的，然后在不太高的温度和环境压力下碳化。通过显微镜和光谱学方法研究了碳泡沫填料和所得复合材料的结构。在最终的复合材料中，观察到高质量的碳泡沫微细颗粒分散液，其尺寸可保留其特定的多孔结构，并分散在环氧基质中，并在界面处具有出色的附着力。研究了CF填料对所得复合材料性能的影响。