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A Study on the Mechanical Properties of Zinc Oxide Reinforced Epoxy Composites
Corresponding Author(s) : M. Boopalan
Asian Journal of Chemistry,
Vol. 25 No. 5 (2013): Vol 25 Issue 5
Abstract
This study involves the comparison of the mechanical properties of different proportion of ZnO (1, 3, 5 and 7 %) reinforced epoxy composites fabricated by the light compression moulding technique. The mechanical properties such as tensile, flexural and impact strength have been investigated and found that there was an increase in the mechanical properties from 1 to 5 % and there after starts decreasing. This negative trend may be due to the clustering of particles in the polymer matrix.
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M.A. Brook, Silicon in Organic, Organometallic and Polymer Chemistry, John Wiley and Sons, NewYork, NY, USA (2000).
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K.M. Amar, M. Manjusri and T.D. Lawrence, Natural Fibers, Biopolymers and Bio-composites, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis (2005).
S.N. Maiti and K. Singh, J. Appl. Poym. Sci., 32, 4285 (1986).