Organoclay effect on mechanical responses of glass/epoxy nanocomposites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2513-2528

  Tsai, Jia Lin ^a   Wu, Ming Daw ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flexural properties; Glass epoxy nanocomposites; Interlaminar fracture toughness; Organoclay; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SONICATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; GLASS/EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; INTERFACIAL BONDING; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; ORGANOCLAY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 34548533734     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998307076491     Document Type: Article

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