Volume 116, Issue 1 pp. 493-498

Moisture effect on deformability of epoxy/montmorillonite nanocomposite

T. Glaskova

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T. Glaskova

Institute of Polymer Mechanics, University of Latvia, Riga LV-1006, Latvia

Institute of Polymer Mechanics, University of Latvia, Riga LV-1006, Latvia===Search for more papers by this author
A. Aniskevich

A. Aniskevich

Institute of Polymer Mechanics, University of Latvia, Riga LV-1006, Latvia

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First published: 01 December 2009
Citations: 11

Abstract

In this article the moisture effect on deformability of epoxy/montmorillonite nanocomposite was investigated. The change of fracture character and drop of elastic characteristics due to moisture absorption was observed. The estimation of filler morphological peculiarities (platelet stack constitution) in composite and its effect on nanocomposite elastic properties was undertaken. It is shown that the higher number of filler platelet per stack consistently leads to the decrease of nanocomposite elastic properties. Nevertheless prediction by micromechanical model is rough for moistened nanocomposite because of resin structural changes. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010

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