Preparation, Characterization, and Modeling of Carbon Nanofiber/Epoxy Nanocomposites

Table 1

Tensile properties of CNF/epoxy nanocomposites.

Sample	Tensile strength (MPa)	Toughness (MJ/m^3)	Young’s Modulus (GPa)
Pure Epon862	68.7±2.5	397.6±33.2	1.04±0.04
0.05% CNF	70.9±2.6	418.2±41.9	1.06±0.06
0.1% CNF	71.0±3.7	550.0±23.6	1.09±0.01
0.5% CNF	73.0±1.4	610.2±39.3	1.16±0.01
1% CNF	74.4±2.4	562.7±28.0	1.22±0.01
2% CNF	62.1±2.5	244.5±30.8	1.29±0.02