Effect of acid and TETA modification on mechanical properties of MWCNTs/epoxy composites
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Abstract
Acid treatment and triethylene-tetramine (TETA) modification of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) purposing to attain better dispersibility and stronger interfacial bonding between MWCNTs and epoxy matrix have been carried out in this paper. The epoxy and MWCNTs/epoxy composites were produced by cast molding method. Stress–strain curves show that TETA-MWCNTs/epoxy hold the greatest toughness of all samples with 0.5 wt.% nanoparticles. The Young’s modulus of TETA-MWCNTs/epoxy has a significant increase about 38% compared to the neat epoxy, while the Young’s modulus of unmodified MWCNTs/epoxy or acid-modified MWCNTs/epoxy has a bit of decrease. Tensile and impact strength tests reflect that TETA-MWCNTs reinforced epoxy composites have an obvious improvement of tensile strength about 30% and an enhancement of impact strength over 34% compared to the pure epoxy composites with only 0.5 wt.% loading of TETA-MWCNTs. Scanning electron microscopy images of fractured surface of MWCNTs/epoxy indicate homogeneous dispersibility of TETA-MWCNTs and strong interfacial adhesion between the TETA-MWCNTs and the epoxy in the MWCNTs/epoxy composite.
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OpenAlex topics: Carbon Nanotubes in Composites · Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites · Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
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