The Effect of Interaction between Nanofillers and Epoxy on Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Nanocomposites: Theoretical Prediction and Experimental Analysis

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:14.34em"/><col style="width:5.92em"/><col style="width:6.37em"/><col style="width:6.52em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Compressive property</td><td class="align_center">Neat Epoxy</td><td class="align_center">CNT- Epoxy</td><td class="align_center">MMT-Epoxy</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Elastic modulus, E (MPa)</td><td class="align_center">735.19</td><td class="align_center">342.41</td><td class="align_center">225.60</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Compressive strength, <i>σ</i>u (MPa)</td><td class="align_center">52.60</td><td class="align_center">72.07</td><td class="align_center">92.98</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Transition strength, <i>σ</i>t (MPa)</td><td class="align_center">47.9</td><td class="align_center">67.9</td><td class="align_center">80.4</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The compressive properties of neat, MMT, and CNT epoxy composites.</div>

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