We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Mechanical and barrier properties of epoxy polymer filled with nanolayered silicate clay particles.
- Authors
Mohan, T. P.; Kumar, M. Ramesh; Velmurugan, R.
- Abstract
The diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) epoxy resin system filled with organo clay (OC) and unmodified clay (UC) were processed separately by two different curing agents. Triethylene tetramine (TETA) and Diaminodiphenyl methane (DDM) hardeners were used as curing agents. The nanocomposites were processed by shear mixing at different clay concentrations (1, 2, 3,5 and 10 wt%). The OC and UC were characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD) technique. The morphology of the nanocomposites was obtained by XRD and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). Bending and Impact tests conducted on these materials revealed that the organo clay filled epoxy resin showed good improvement in property over unmodified clay filled epoxy composites. The mass uptake of the nanocomposites was studied in the acid, base and water mediums. It is observed that the mass uptake in the acid medium is higher than in other mediums. The equilibrium mass uptake in all the mediums for nanocomposites was found to be lower compared to neat epoxy polymer system.
- Subjects
EPOXY resins; POLYMERS; SILICATES; CLAY; COMPOSITE materials
- Publication
Journal of Materials Science, 2006, Vol 41, Issue 10, p2929
- ISSN
0022-2461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10853-006-5164-4