The effect of nanosilica concentration on the enhancement of epoxy matrix resins for prepreg composites

International SAMPE Technical Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hackett, Steven C ^a   Nelson, James M ^a   Hine, Andrew M ^a   Sedgwick, Paul ^a   Lowe, Robert H ^a   Goetz, Douglas P ^a   Schultz, William J ^a  

^a 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER LAMINATE; COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION; COMPOSITE MATRICES; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; EPOXY MATRICES; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; EXOTHERMS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; IN-PLANE SHEAR MODULUS; LOADING LEVEL; MATRIX RESIN; NANO-SILICA; NANOCOMPOSITE MATRIX; PREPREG COMPOSITE; PREPREGS; PROCESSABILITY; PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT; RESIN PROPERTIES; SILICA CONCENTRATIONS; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SPHERICAL SILICA PARTICLES;

CARBON FIBERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CURING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS TRANSITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; RESINS; SILICA; THERMAL EXPANSION;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 78651512273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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