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EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL
Volume 40, Issue 8, Pages 1743-1748Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2004.03.027
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epoxy resin; montmorillonite; nanocomposite; thermal stability; structure
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Montmorillonite (MMT) was modified with the acidified cocamidopropyl betaine (CAB) and the resulting organomontmorillonite (O-MMT) was dispersed in an epoxy/methyl tetrahydrophthalic anhydride system to form epoxy nanocomposites. The dispersion state of the MMT in the matrix was investigated by X-ray diffraction and scanning electronic microscopy. The thermal stability of the epoxy nanocomposites was examined by TGA. Thermal stability of the epoxy nanocomposite is dependent upon the dispersion state of the OMMT in the epoxy matrix although all the epoxy nanocomposites had enhanced thermal stability compared with the neat epoxy resin. The thermal stability of the epoxy resin nanocomposites was correlated with the dispersion state of the MMT in the epoxy resin matrix. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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