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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 42, Issue 17, Pages 7544-7553Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-007-1618-6
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In the present investigation, dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA), tensile tests, fatigue tests and the single edge notch tensile (SENT) tests were performed on unfilled, 1, 2 and 3 wt.% vapor grown carbon nanofiber (CNF) filled SC-15 epoxy to identify the loading effect on thermal and mechanical properties of the composites. DMA studies revealed that filling the 3% carbon nanofiber into epoxy can produce 65% enhancement in storage modulus at room temperature and 6 degrees C increase in T (g). However, TGA results show that thermal stability of composite is insensitive to the CNF content. Tensile tests were carried out at the strain rate range from 0.02 min(-1) stop to 2 min(-1) stop. Results show that CNF/epoxy are strain rate sensitive materials, the modulus and tensile strength increased with increasing of strain rate. Experimental results also indicate that modulus of the nanophased epoxy increases continuously with increasing CNF content. But the 2% CNF infusion system exhibit maximum enhancement in tensile strength, fatigue performance and fracture toughness as compared with other system.
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