Weathering processes can influence the surface properties of composites with incorporated nanoparticles. These changes may affect the release behavior of nanoparticles when an abrasion process is applied. Therefore, the influence of two different weathering processes, immersion in water and exposure to UV light, on the properties of abraded particles from a carbon nanotube (CNT)/epoxy nanocompo...

High performance epoxy resin (tetra-glycidyl-4,4’diamino-diphenyl methane-TGDDM) is brittle and is sensitive to moisture absorption and thermooxidative effects. An approach to mitigate polymer sensitivity towards moisture and thermal effects is to add clay. The addition of clay to resin systems (e.g. diglycidyl ether bisphenol A-DGEBA) has often yielded an overall improvement in properties of t...

<p>Among the various kinds of reinforcing element, Multi Wall Carbon Nano-tubes (MWCNT) and Nanoclay have found much more attention as a filler element to upgrade mechanical properties polymer composite material. In this paper, production hybrid nanocomposites effect MWCNT nanoclay on been evaluated. nanocomposites, are embedded in epoxy resin. The processing nanocomposite is always diffi...

Epoxy has been widely used as a coating material to protect the steel reinforcement in concrete structures, because of its outstanding processability, excellent chemical resistance, good electrical insulating properties, and strong adhesion/affinity. The major disadvantage raised from exothermic curing reaction highly crosslinked epoxy matrix is brittleness microcracks that change performances....

Abstract Environmental space threats are becoming more critical as they affect the optical, thermal, and electrical properties of reinforced fiber polymeric-based materials in spacecraft. Three different Nano-particles Alumina (Al 2 ,O 3 ), Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNT), Reduced Graphene Oxide (RGO) were added to epoxy matrix then by bidirectional carbon plain form fiber/epoxy hand lay-up ...