Abstract
In this article the moisture effect on deformability of epoxy/montmorillonite nanocomposite was investigated. The change of fracture character and drop of elastic characteristics due to moisture absorption was observed. The estimation of filler morphological peculiarities (platelet stack constitution) in composite and its effect on nanocomposite elastic properties was undertaken. It is shown that the higher number of filler platelet per stack consistently leads to the decrease of nanocomposite elastic properties. Nevertheless prediction by micromechanical model is rough for moistened nanocomposite because of resin structural changes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 493-498 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Polymer Science |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 5 Apr 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords*
- Deformability
- Modeling
- Moisture effect
- Nanoclay-composite
Field of Science*
- 2.5 Materials engineering
- 2.4 Chemical engineering
Publication Type*
- 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database