Title: Preparation and Characterization of Epoxy/organic-montmorillonite Nanocomposites
Abstract: Epoxy/Organic-Montmorillonite (O-MMT) nanocomposites were prepared through melting intercalation and solvent intercalation processes, respectively. The interplanar spacing of montmorillonite before/after the intercalation treatment, the fracture morphology of the nanocomposites and the dispersion condition of the o-MMT were investigated by XRD (X-ray diffraction) and SEM (scanning electron microscope), with the results showing that there was a structure that the epoxy resin had been intercalated into the interlayer of the o-MMT, which dispersed disorderly and had been exfoliated independently on the mixing temperature. The thermal stability of the composites was characterized by TGA (therm o-gravimetric analysis). The results showed that the thermal decomposition temperature of 5% weight loss increased with increasing mixing temperature.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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