Study the Effect of Adding MWCNTs on the Hardness, Impact Strength, and Structural Properties of Composite Materials based on Epoxy Polymer | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Chemistry | ||||
| Article 13, Volume 65, Issue 3, March 2022, Page 147-152 PDF (375.38 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2021.88640.4262 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Sanaa Mateab; Muayad Albozahid  
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| Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This research focuses on using Multiwalled carbon nanotubes to successfully produce MWCNTs/Epoxy nanocomposite with various MWNT weight loadings (0.25,0.50,1and2 % wt.). The samples were manufactured by utilizing an ultrasonic machine and a solution mixing method (MIT). The characterization, mechanical characteristics, and morphology of the resulting MWCNTs/Epoxy nanocomposites were investigated using FTIR, hardness, impact testing, and FE-SEM. According to the findings, different MWCNT loadings enhanced the mechanical performance of epoxy nanocomposites.Compared to pure epoxy, the impact result of MWCNTs/epoxy nanocomposite was recorded to increase as 33 %, 46 %, 75 %, and 108 %, respectively. Furthermore, increasing the amount of MWCNT nanofillers in nanocomposites samples improved their hardness to be as 0.4% ,2.20% ,2.89%. Finally, the FTIR and FE-SEM were also tested to find the structure of MWCNTs and dispersion quality. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Epoxy; MWCNTs; mechanical properties; FTIR; Impact strength; hardness; SEM | ||||
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