Mechanical and Fracture Behaviors of Elastomer-Rich Thermoplastic Polyolefin/SiC_p Nanocomposites

Table 2

Mechanical properties of ETPO blend and its nanocomposites.

Sample	HDT (°C)	Young’s Modulus (MPa)	Tensile strength (MPa)				Impact strength (kJ/m^2)
			10 mm/min		300 mm/min
		10 mm/min	50%	300%	50%	300%
ETPO	53.64	269±5	6.92±0.02	8.00±0.11	8.57±0.10	9.30±0.05	2.84±0.02
ETPO-1 wt% SiCp	54.32	255±7	6.61±0.22	7.80±0.02	8.30±0.12	9.18±0.14	2.90±0.02
ETPO-3 wt% SiCp	55.28	236±10	6.21±0.13	7.54±0.16	7.81±0.09	8.96±0.13	2.92±0.02
ETPO-5 wt% SiCp	56.57	238±12	6.22±0.08	7.86±0.09	7.92±0.21	9.10±0.07	3.11±0.25