Mechanical and thermal properties of MWCNT-reinforced epoxy nanocomposites by vacuum assisted resin transfer molding

Carbon Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-37

  Lee, Si Eun ^a   Cho, Seho ^a   Lee, Young Seak ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epoxy; Fracture; Mechanical properties; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Vacuum assisted resin transfer molding

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE; IMPACT STRENGTH; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBES/EPOXY; EPOXY; EPOXY COMPOSITE; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MULTI-WALLED-CARBON-NANOTUBES; MWCNT'S; NANOTUBE-EPOXY COMPOSITES; REINFORCED EPOXY; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EPOXY COMPOSITES;

EID: 84925126169     PISSN: 19764251     EISSN: 22334998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5714/CL.2014.15.1.032     Document Type: Article

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