Fabrication of water-resistant epoxy nanocomposite with improved dynamic mechanical properties and balanced thermal and dimensional stability: Study on dual role of graphene oxide nanosheets and barium oxide micro particles

Author(s):  
A V Asha Bhanu ◽  
P. Poornima Vijayan ◽  
Sabu Thomas ◽  
Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai ◽  
Debora Puglia ◽  
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2021 ◽  
pp. 096739112110111
Author(s):  
Rahim Eqra ◽  
Mohammad Hadi Moghim ◽  
Navid Eqra

The aims of this research are to elucidate the role of graphene oxide on the mechanical properties of epoxy and also to obtain an equation for the modeling of its behavior. Accordingly, graphene oxide/epoxy nanocomposite samples are fabricated using the solution casting method. Tensile, flexural, SEM and FTIR tests are conducted on epoxy and the nanocomposite samples afterwards. The obtained results show that the tensile strength of epoxy improves even at low contents of graphene oxide such that 0.3 wt.% of GO yields an improvement of approximately 11.5%. The flexural strength of epoxy is also enhanced by 5.8% with 0.5 wt.% GO. Then, it decreases due to the agglomeration with increasing the GO content. In order to predict the tensile strength of GO/epoxy nanocomposites, a modified Halpin–Tsai equation is obtained with a new introduced correction factor as K = 39.5 Vf 1.135exp(2.9−1644.6 Vf). The obtained equation is in good agreement with the experimental data.


2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (S4) ◽  
pp. E2116-E2124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Ramos-Fernandez ◽  
María Muñoz ◽  
Juan C. García-Quesada ◽  
Iluminada Rodriguez-Pastor ◽  
Ignacio Martin-Gullon

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 1138-1147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nitai Chandra Adak ◽  
Suman Chhetri ◽  
Nam Hoon Kim ◽  
Naresh Chandra Murmu ◽  
Pranab Samanta ◽  
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