Research Article
Investigation of Cure Reaction, Rheology, Volume Shrinkage and Thermomechanical Properties of Nano-TiO2 Filled Epoxy/DDS Composites
Table 6
Tensile properties of the epoxy modified nanocomposites.
| Sample | Tensile strength MPa | Tensile modulus GPa | Tensile elongation % | Ductility (area under the stress/strain curves) |
| Neat epoxy | 51 ± 2 | 2.3 ± 0.1 | 3.99 ± 0.2 | 121 | 0.7 wt% TiO2 | 55 ± 3 | 2.5 ± 0.1 | 4.23 ± 0.3 | 136 | 3.6 wt% TiO2 | 56 ± 3 | 2.6 ± 0.1 | 3.88 ± 0.3 | 124 | 6.9 wt% TiO2 | 57 ± 2 | 2.7 ± 0.1 | 4.12 ± 0.2 | 135 |
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