Effect of Hygrothermal Aging on the Mechanical Properties of Fluorinated and Nonfluorinated Clay-Epoxy Nanocomposites

Table 2

Weight changes in samples after preconditioning.

Specimens	Absorption, 24 hr (%)	Desorption, 6 hr (%)	Removal (%)
Neat EPON 862	2.10	0.14	93.35
0.5 wt% Nanomer I.28E	2.09	0.40	83.65
1.0 wt% Nanomer I.28E	2.15	0.42	80.33
1.5 wt% Nanomer I.28E	2.13	0.44	79.56
2.0 wt% Nanomer I.28E	2.20	0.45	79.35
0.5 wt% Somasif MAE	2.14	0.32	85.18
1.0 wt% Somasif MAE	2.12	0.35	83.70
1.5 wt% Somasif MAE	2.11	0.40	81.21
2.0 wt% Somasif MAE	2.13	0.45	79.07