Cure Kinetics of Nanocomposites Prepared From Aqueous Dispersion of Nanoclay

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Levent Aktas ◽  
M. Cengiz Altan
Keyword(s):  
Glass Transition ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Glass Transition Temperature ◽  
Storage Modulus ◽  
Glass Fibers ◽  
Aqueous Dispersion ◽  
Cure Kinetics ◽  
Temperature Cycle ◽  
Waterborne Epoxy ◽  
Kinetics Of

The effect of nanoclay on the cure kinetics of glass/waterborne epoxy nanocomposites is investigated. First step in sample preparation involves dispersing Cloisite® Na+, a natural montmorillonite, in distilled water at 70°C with the aid of a sonicator. Then, desired amounts of dicyandiamide and 2-methyl imidazole, serving as cross-linkers, are mixed to the aqueous nanoclay solution. As the mixing continues, Epi-Rez 3522-W-60 waterborne epoxy resin is introduced to the solution and the compound is mixed for an additional 30 minutes. The nanoclay content of this batch is adjusted to be at 2wt%. An identical second batch, which does not comprise nanoclay, is also prepared to serve as the baseline data. Glass/waterborne epoxy prepregs containing 30% glass fibers are prepared from these batches and used to characterize the effects of nanoclay. The evolution of viscoelastic properties during curing are characterized by the APA2000 rheometer. Using the storage and loss moduli profiles during curing, gel time and maximum storage modulus are characterized. Effect of nanoclay on the glass transition temperature is determined by applying an additional temperature cycle following the cure cycle. In addition, mechanical performances of the samples are characterized by three point bending tests. Nanoclay is observed to yield 2-fold higher storage modulus during curing. Rate of curing is measured to be substantially slower for the samples comprising nanoclay. In addition, glass transition temperature improved by 5% to 99°C with the addition of nanoclay compared to 94.5°C for the samples without nanoclay. Flexural stiffness of the samples containing nanoclay is measured to be 20% higher than the samples without nanoclay while the strength remained virtually unaffected.

Experimental Research on Mechanical Behavior of GFRP Bars under High Temperature

2011 ◽  
Vol 71-78 ◽  
pp. 3591-3594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Lu Wang ◽  
Xiao Xiong Zha
Keyword(s):  
Glass Transition ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Glass Transition Temperature ◽  
Epoxy Resin ◽  
High Temperatures ◽  
Glass Fibers ◽  
Ultimate Tensile Stress ◽  
Gfrp Bars ◽  
Tensile Test Result

Experimental results on tensile mechanics properties of GFRP bars at high temperatures are present in this paper. Thirty commercially produced GFRP tensile specimens of 8mm diameter were tested at high temperature ranging from 10°Cup to 500°C. Tensile test result indicates that, the ultimate tensile stress has significant reduction at two temperature zones, one is glass transition temperature of epoxy resin (80-120°C), with strength degradation 22%, the second is the soften temperature of glass fibers(about 400°C), the strength decrease drastically with almost linear rate and remained 33% residual strength at 500°C. The elastic modulus remained unchanged until glass transition temperature of epoxy resin, and the modulus declined linearly with the temperature elevating. Stress-strain relationships of GFRP bars exhibit liner performance even at high temperatures.

Dynamic mechanical behaviour of kevlar and carbon-kevlar hybrid fibre reinforced polymer composites

2020 ◽  
pp. 095440622097060
Author(s):  
Pragati Priyanka ◽  
Harlal Singh Mali ◽  
Anurag Dixit
Keyword(s):  
Glass Transition ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Glass Transition Temperature ◽  
Dynamic Mechanical Analysis ◽  
Storage Modulus ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Mechanical Analysis ◽  
Textile Composites ◽  
Elastic Behaviour ◽  
Dynamic Mechanical

Comprehensive experimental results of dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) of polymer reinforced textile composites are presented in the current investigation. Plain and 2x2 twill woven multilayer fabrics of monolithic kevlar and hybrid carbon-kevlar (C-K) are reinforced into the thermoset polymer matrix. Kevlar/epoxy and C-K/epoxy composite laminates are fabricated using an in-house facility of the vacuum-assisted resin infusion process. Variation of the visco-elastic behaviour (storage modulus, damping factor and glass transition temperature, Tg) along with time, temperature and frequency is studied for the composites. Dynamic mechanical analysis is performed under temperature sweep with frequency ranging from 1-50 Hz. Results depict the effect of inter yarn hybridisation of carbon with kevlar yarns on the storage modulus, damping performance, and creep behaviour of dry textile composites. Temperature swept dynamic characterisation is also performed to evaluate the degradation and damping performance of the composite laminates soaked in the deionised water at glass transition temperature Tg, ½ Tg, and ¾ Tg. The morphological study has been performed post the dynamic mechanical analysis using field emission scanning electron microscope.

The Effects of Chemical Resistance for Nanocomposite Materials via Nano-Silica Addition into Glass Fiber/Epoxy

2013 ◽  
Vol 853 ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Huey Ling Chang ◽  
Chih Ming Chen ◽  
Kung Liang Lin ◽  
Bor Kae Chang
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Glass Transition ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Glass Transition Temperature ◽  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Epoxy Resin ◽  
Storage Modulus ◽  
Chemical Resistance ◽  
Dynamic Mechanical Properties ◽  
Silica Nanopowder

Nanocomposite samples containing epoxy resin, glass fiber and 0~2 wt.% SiO2 nanopowder are prepared. The effects of SiO2 addition on the chemical resistance, glass transition temperature (Tg) and dynamic mechanical properties of the various samples are then observed. The chemical resistance of the nanocomposite specimens is compared with that of pure glass fiber/epoxy composite specimens when tested in acetone. The results show that the addition of 2 wt.% SiO2 increases the value of storage modulus by 1646MPa compared to that of the sample containing no silica nanopowder. Following immersion in acetone, all the nanocomposite specimen storage modulus decreased, but the addition of SiO2 reduced the decline, where the 2 wt. % samples decrease from 11.76% reduction to 0.84% and no significant change in the Tg compared to that of the sample with no silica nanopowder. Therefore, the experimental results indicate that 2 wt.% SiO2 addition is beneficial in improving chemical resistance, glass transition temperature, and dynamic mechanical properties of epoxy resin / glass fiber nanocomposites.

The Dynamic Viscoelastic Behavior of Wood-Plastic Composites

2013 ◽  
Vol 815 ◽  
pp. 639-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei Ying Liu ◽  
Zhi Hong Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Glass Transition ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Glass Transition Temperature ◽  
Storage Modulus ◽  
Loss Modulus ◽  
Viscoelastic Behavior ◽  
Peak Frequency ◽  
Wood Plastic Composite ◽  
Plastic Composite ◽  
Positive Effect

Wood-plastic composite is a kind of viscoelastic materials. This paper presents the dynamic viscoelastic behavior of WPCs at different temperature, frequency and bamboo flours levels. The storage modulus decreased with the rise of temperature, the loss modulus and tanδ increased as temperature increased but decreased after reaching the peak. Frequency had a little influence on storage modulus and loss modulus, but the glass transition temperature increased with the increase of frequency, while the tanδ decreased. The glass transition temperature of this kind WPCs is about 85°C. The addition of bamboo flours had a positive effect on the dynamic viscoelastic behavior. From the results above, the activation energy of the WPCs was measured using an Arrhenius relationship to investigate the interphase between the wood and plastic.

Thermo-mechanical properties and thermal conductivity of CdS-trans-polyisoprene, polymer nanocomposite

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (2-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahesh Baboo ◽  
Manasvi Dixit ◽  
Dinesh Patidar ◽  
Kananbala Sharma ◽  
Narendra Sahai Saxena
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Glass Transition ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Glass Transition Temperature ◽  
Storage Modulus ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Polymer Nanocomposite ◽  
Cds Nanoparticles ◽  
Chemical Route

Abstract This paper focuses on the comparative evaluation of the glass transition temperature (Tg), storage modulus and thermal conductivity of trans-polyisoprene (TPI) and CdS-TPI nanocomposite. The CdS nanoparticles synthesized by chemical route are dispersed into TPI using ultrasonic vibrations. Particle size of nanocrystals is obtained from X-ray diffraction and found to be 1.84 nm. Thermo-mechanical properties (Tg and storage modulus) are measured by dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA), while thermal conductivity is a measured using the transient plane source (TPS) technique. It is observed that glass transition temperature and thermal conductivity are higher while storage modulus and mechanical properties are lower for CdS-TPI nanocomposites than for pure TPI. This has been explained on the basis of structural changes occurring due to introduction of CdS as filler into the TPI.

Reentanglement Kinetics of Freeze-Dried Polymers above the Glass Transition Temperature

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (16) ◽  
pp. 6648-6651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Teng ◽  
Yun Gao ◽  
Xiaoliang Wang ◽  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Chen Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Glass Transition ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Glass Transition Temperature ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Kinetics Of
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