Research Article
Preparation, Characterization, Thermal, and Flame-Retardant Properties of Green Silicon-Containing Epoxy/Functionalized Graphene Nanosheets Composites
Table 1
Thermal and flame-retardant properties of epoxy/m-GNSs composites.
| | Sample no. |
(°C) | Maximum
thermal
degradation
rate (wt%/°C) | IPDT
(°C) | Char
(wt%) | LOI |
| | Pure epoxy | 402 | −26.8 | 588 | 13.8 | 21 | | Epoxy/m-GNSs 0.1 | 426 | −18.1 | 733 | 20.9 | 24 | | Epoxy/m-GNSs 0.5 | 425 | −17.2 | 749 | 21.4 | 25 | | Epoxy/m-GNSs 1 | 426 | −15.9 | 797 | 24.0 | 26 | | Epoxy/m-GNSs 5 | 415 | −15.0 | 834 | 25.3 | 26 | | Epoxy/m-GNSs 10 | 427 | −12.5 | 853 | 26.2 | 27 |
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