Fracture toughness enhancement of epoxy by organo-montmorillonite

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-189

  Lim, S R ^a   Chow, W S ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Clay; Epoxy; Exfoliation; Fracture toughness; Morphology; Nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

EPOXY; EPOXY MATRICES; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; EXFOLIATION; HIGH TOUGHNESS; INTERCALATED STRUCTURES; ORGANO-MONTMORILLONITE; SINGLE EDGE NOTCHED BENDING; TOUGHNESS ENHANCEMENT;

BENDING TESTS; CLAY MINERALS; FRACTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICATE MINERALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 78751624045     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2010.531427     Document Type: Article

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