Research Article
Effect of Heat Assisted Bath Sonication on the Mechanical and Thermal Deformation Behaviours of Graphene Nanoplatelets Filled Epoxy Polymer Composites
Table 2
Remaining weight percentage (%) of GNP filled epoxy composites at different temperature (°C).
| No. | Composition | 1st weight loss region | 2nd weight loss region | 3rd weight loss region | 100°C | 250°C | 350°C | 400°C | 475°C | 550°C | 575°C | 600°C | 800°C |
| 1 | Pure epoxy | 99.5 | 88.5 | 80.8 | 28.1 | 11 | 9 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 2 | 0.2% GNP | 99.2 | 88.1 | 78.4 | 37 | 24.5 | 21.3 | 20.6 | 19.6 | 10.9 | 3 | 0.4% GNP | 99.5 | 88.5 | 80.9 | 31.6 | 15.4 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 4 | 0.6% GNP | 99.6 | 89.2 | 80 | 28.9 | 12.9 | 10.3 | 10 | 9.8 | 8.7 | 5 | 0.8% GNP | 99.3 | 89.3 | 80 | 29.5 | 14.2 | 11.3 | 11 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 6 | 1% GNP | 99.3 | 88.7 | 74.6 | 28.4 | 16.1 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 7 | 3% GNP | 98.3 | 87.1 | 76 | 30.1 | 19.7 | 16 | 14.9 | 14 | 9.6 | 8 | 5% GNP | 99.2 | 88.6 | 77.9 | 32.3 | 18.5 | 16 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.6 |
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