Research Article
Study of Catalytic Effect of Nanolayered Montmorillonite Organoclays in Epoxy Polymer
Table 2
Tensile properties of epoxy and epoxy-clay composite series.
| | Material | Epoxy + OC series | Epoxy + UC series | | Modulus, GPa | Strain at break, % | Strength, MPa | Modulus, GPa | Strain at break, % | Strength, MPa |
| | Epoxy | 1.00 | 4.2 | 37.0 | 1.0 | 4.20 | 37.0 | | Epoxy + 1% clay | 1.20 | 4.6 | 38.0 | 1.1 | 4.35 | 38.5 | | Epoxy + 3% clay | 1.91 | 5.1 | 40.5 | 1.2 | 4.42 | 40.2 | | Epoxy + 5% clay | 1.51 | 4.7 | 39.0 | 1.3 | 4.73 | 41.3 |
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