Viscoelastic and thermal properties of full and partially cured DGEBA epoxy resin composites modified with montmorillonite nanoclay exposed to UV radiation

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-91

  Tcherbi Narteh, Alfred ^a   Hosur, Mahesh ^a   Triggs, Eldon ^a   Owuor, Peter ^a   Jelaani, Shaik ^a  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanoclay; Nanocomposites; Thermal properties; UV radiation; Viscoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CLAY MINERALS; EPOXY RESINS; FABRICATION; LOADING; NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY OF DECOMPOSITION; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ISOTHERMAL CURE KINETICS; MONTMORILLONITE NANOCLAY; NANO CLAYS; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; RADIATION DEGRADATION; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

CURING;

EID: 84896319290     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2013.12.033     Document Type: Article

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