Performance of Novel Engineered Materials from Epoxy Resin with Modified Epoxidized Natural Rubber and Nanocellulose or Nanosilica

Table 2

Comparison of the mechanical properties of nanocomposites by type and loading of nanofiller.

Nanofiller loading (phr)	Impact strength (kJ/m^2)		Hardness (shore D)		Tensile strength (MPa)
	Nanocellulose	Nanosilica	Nanocellulose	Nanosilica	Nanocellulose	Nanosilica
0	6.50 ± 0.75^d	6.50 ± 0.75^c	65.67 ± 0.90^a	65.67 ± 0.90^d	35.40 ± 1.00^b	35.40 ± 1.00^a
0.25	8.01 ± 0.36^c	4.84 ± 0.54^d	52.00 ± 0.50^c	71.67 ± 0.63^c	25.69 ± 1.07^c	20.09 ± 0.75^d
0.5	11.50 ± 0.69^b	8.02 ± 0.44^c	53.33 ± 0.58^c	74.17 ± 1.04^b	33.10 ± 1.21^b	29.54 ± 1.08^c
0.75	14.94 ± 0.30^a	11.55 ± 0.58^b	62.17 ± 1.02^b	76.33 ± 0.57^a	39.22 ± 1.09^a	33.10 ± 0.70^b
1.00	13.05 ± 0.54^a	13.70 ± 0.35^a	65.5 ± 0.50^a	76.83 ± 0.02^a	24.63 ± 1.49^c	35.48 ± 1.10^a

^{a, b, c, d}Different superscripts indicate statistically significant differences at 95% confidence by Duncan’s method. Mean ± SD: mean and standard deviation based on triplicate samples.