Mechanical properties, flammability and char morphology of epoxy resin/montmorillonite nanocomposites

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-324

  Kaynak, Cevdet ^a   Nakas, G Ipek ^a   Isitman, Nihat Ali ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Char morphology; Epoxy resin; Flammability; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposite; Organo montmorillonite

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM IONS; BASAL SPACING; CHAR MORPHOLOGY; CHAR RESIDUES; DIGLYCIDYL ETHER OF BISPHENOL-A; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS VALUES; IN-SITU; INTERCALATED NANOCOMPOSITES; MICRO-COMPOSITES; NANOCOMPOSITE FORMATIONS; OCTADECYL; ORGANO-MONTMORILLONITE; OXYGEN INDEX; SURFACE MODIFICATION; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM IONS;

ALKYLATION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BENDING STRENGTH; EPOXY RESINS; ETHERS; FLAMMABILITY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MINERALS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXYGEN; PHENOLS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RESINS; SILICATE MINERALS; STIFFNESS;

CLAY MINERALS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MONTMORILLONITE; POLYMERIZATION; STIFFNESS;

EID: 70350335997     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2009.08.033     Document Type: Article

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