Mechanical Properties and Flame Retardancy of Epoxy Resin/Nanoclay/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites

Table 2

Optimum mechanical properties of epoxy/nanoclay/MWNT nanocomposites from fine tuning experiments.

Trial	Sample code	MWCNT content (wt.%)	Nanoclay content (wt.%)	Tensile strength (MPa)	Flexural strength (MPa)	Compressive strength (MPa)	Impact strength (kJ/m^2)
1	Neat epoxy resin	0.00	0	55.90 ± 0.6	86.75 ± 0.5	156.08 ± 0.3	7.11 ± 0.45
2	EP1	0.01	1	87.56 ± 0.5	93.70 ± 0.5	205.99 ± 0.4	10.60 ± 0.50
3	EP2	0.02	1	88.34 ± 0.6	93.60 ± 0.4	195.23 ± 0.3	12.70 ± 0.45
4	EP3	0.03	1	90.42 ± 0.4	94.26 ± 0.5	216.08 ± 0.2	19.70 ± 0.60
5	EP4	0.01	2	93.43 ± 0.6	98.56 ± 0.3	203.76 ± 0.5	21.54 ± 0.70
6	EP5	0.02	2	95.50 ± 0.5	115.45 ± 0.5	219.10 ± 0.3	22.30 ± 0.45
7	EP6	0.03	2	92.12 ± 0.8	108.60 ± 0.3	203.51 ± 0.6	19.70 ± 0.60
8	EP7	0.01	3	93.45 ± 0.6	108.90 ± 0.6	212.08 ± 0.4	20.27 ± 0.50
9	EP8	0.02	3	90.67 ± 0.4	103.60 ± 0.4	202.13 ± 0.2	18.13 ± 0.40
10	EP9	0.03	3	90.67 ± 0.5	102.78 ± 0.2	200.10 ± 0.3	16.04 ± 0.70