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.

SampleTensile strength
MPa
Tensile modulus
GPa
Tensile elongation
%
Ductility
(area under the stress/strain curves)

Neat epoxy51 ± 22.3 ± 0.13.99 ± 0.2121
0.7 wt% TiO255 ± 32.5 ± 0.14.23 ± 0.3136
3.6 wt% TiO256 ± 32.6 ± 0.13.88 ± 0.3124
6.9 wt% TiO257 ± 22.7 ± 0.14.12 ± 0.2135