Liquid rubber and silicon carbide nanofiber modified epoxy nanocomposites: Volume shrinkage, cure kinetics and properties

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 102, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-73

  Vijayan, P Poornima ^a   Pionteck, Jürgen ^b   Huczko, Andrzej ^c   Puglia, Debora ^d   Kenny, Jose M ^d   Thomas, Sabu ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. Nano composites; B. Curing; B. Impact behavior; D. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA); Pressure volume temperature (PVT) analysis

Indexed keywords

CURING; LIQUIDS; MIXING; MIXTURES; NANOFIBERS; PHASE SEPARATION; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHRINKAGE; SILICON CARBIDE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; GLASS TRANSITION; IMPACT STRENGTH; NANOCOMPOSITES;

ANHYDRIDE SYSTEM; ANHYDRIDE-CURED EPOXY; FRACTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; IMPACT BEHAVIOR; PRESSURE-VOLUME-TEMPERATURES; SILICON CARBIDE NANOFIBERS; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS; VOLUME SHRINKAGE; ANALYSIS;

NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84905375807     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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