Research on Fabrication of Flame Retardant Nanocomposite Coating to Protect Steel Structures on Epikote 240 Epoxy Resin Base with the Synergy of MWCNTs and Fly Ash

Table 1

Properties of epoxy Epikote 240 resin.

Property	Test method	Unit	Value
Epoxy group content	SMS 2026	mmol/kg	5100 - 5400
Epoxy molar mass		G	185 - 196
Viscosity at 25°C	ASTM D445	Pa.s	0.7 - 1.1
Colour	ASTM D1209	Pt-Co	200 max
Density at 25°C	ASTM D4052	kg/L	1.12

No. of grams of resin containing 1g-equivalent of epoxide (weight per equivalent, WPE, is an alternative term). 1 Pa s = 10 poise.