Research Article
Effect of Filler Content on the Performance of Epoxy/PTW Composites
Table 3
Tensile, flexural, and impact properties of epoxy and epoxy/PTW composites.
| | Material designation | Tensile strength (MPa) | Tensile modulus (GPa) | Elongation at break (%) | Flexural strength (MPa) | Flexural modulus (GPa) | Impact strength (J/m) |
| | EP0 | 63.9 ± 1.0 | 1.77 ± 0.04 | 5.48 ± 0.05 | 121.1 ± 2.8 | 3.72 ± 0.12 | 78.33 ± 1 | | EP5 | 56.6 ± 0.7 | 1.95 ± 0.03 | 4.72 ± 0.08 | 111.5 ± 2.1 | 4.17 ± 0.10 | 75.67 ± 1 | | EP10 | 53.5 ± 0.4 | 2.29 ± 0.02 | 4.11 ± 0.08 | 105.2 ± 1.3 | 4.61 ± 0.10 | 72.67 ± 1 | | EP15 | 51.2 ± 0.4 | 2.49 ± 0.01 | 3.78 ± 0.07 | 99.4 ± 1.3 | 5.35 ± 0.08 | 68.33 ± 1 |
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