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