Effect of Carbon Nanofiber-Matrix Adhesion on Polymeric Nanocomposite Properties—Part II

Table 4

Nanocomposite mechanical properties with relative standard deviation.

Sample	Surface treatment	Mass	Modulus	STD	Strength	STD
	time (min)	%	(GPa)		(GPa)
EPON 862	—	0	1.7730	0.0688	0.0976	0.0018
PR-24-PS	0	12	2.5783	0.1267	0.1196	0.0057
PR-24-PS-ET (0.5)	0.5	12	2.6898	0.5464	0.0901	0.0143
PR-24-PS-ET (1)	1	12	2.7399	0.1619	0.1037	0.0076
PR-24-PS-ET (2)	2	12	2.8014	0.1124	0.1072	0.0150
PR-24-PS-ET (4)	4	12	3.0261	0.3434	0.1017	0.0071
PR-24-PS-ET (8)	8	12	3.4915	0.0217	0.1163	0.0093
PR-24-PS-ET (10)	10	12	3.9535	0.0118	0.1263	0.0087
PR-24-PS-ET (12)	12	12	4.4856	0.0123	0.1462	0.0068
PR-24-PS-ET (15)	15	12	3.0690	0.3558	0.1041	0.0099