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Study on sepiolite‐reinforced polymeric nanocomposites
Author(s) -
Zheng Yaping,
Zheng Ying
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.22337
Subject(s) - sepiolite , nanocomposite , materials science , flexural strength , composite material , epoxy , reinforcement , izod impact strength test , chemistry , ultimate tensile strength , raw material , organic chemistry
Epoxy nanocomposites reinforced by nano‐sized sepiolite are investigated. Sepiolite particles and the nanocomposites were characterized by SEM, TEM, XRD, and IR. The level of reinforcement is assessed from impact strength and flexural strength. It is shown that significant improvement in mechanical property is obtained for all reinforced nanocomposites and the addition of 1% sepiolite appears to be an optimum blend ratio. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2006