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Investigations of Water Barrier and Thermal Stability Properties of Glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Polymer Nanocomposites

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This paper deals with the water uptake and thermal stability properties epoxy matrix /glass fiber composites reinforced with HNT (EP/GF/HNT nanocomposites). HNT at 2wt%, 4 wt%, 8wt% and 10 wt.% were filled in glass fibre reinforced epoxy polymer and placed in a water medium at room temperature. The result shows a dramatic decrease in water mass uptake of HNT filled composites. Hence the role of HNT on reducing water uptake is studied and results are compared with unfilled glass fiber reinforced epoxy composites. Thermal degradation behaviour were also studied by thermogravemetric analysis (TGA) and it was found that the thermal stability of the nanocomposite increases with increasing the HNT content.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 550)

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May 2014

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R. Ramamoorthi*, P.S. Sampath

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Epoxy, Nanocomposite, TGA, Water Barrier Property

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