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http://dx.doi.org/10.7234/composres.2017.30.6.422

Degradation Characteristics of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Embedded Nanocomposites  

Yoon, Sung Ho (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Park, Ji Hye (TAESUNG S&E)
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Composites Research / v.30, no.6, 2017 , pp. 422-428 More about this Journal
Abstract
The moisture absorption behavior, tensile properties, and thermal analysis properties of MWCNT embedded nanocomposites exposed to temperature and moisture were evaluated. The contents of MWCNT were 0 wt%, 1 wt%, and 2 wt%, respectively. The specimens were exposed to immersed conditions at $25^{\circ}C$ and $75^{\circ}C$ for up to 600 hours. According to the results, the apparent moisture content increased as the exposure time increased, but the difference between the maximum moisture content and the moisture content at 600 hours was almost constant. The tensile modulus decreased with increasing exposure time and the degree of decrease was increased significantly as the MWCNT content and exposure temperature increased. The tensile strength decreased with longer exposure time without MWCNT, but increased with MWCNT due to the reinforcing effect of MWCNT. The storage modulus, glass transition temperature, tan d peak magnitude were low as the exposure time increased, but tan d curves with two peaks appeared when exposed to high exposure temperature for more than 300 hours.
Keywords
Degradation characteristics; MWCNT; Moisture absorption behavior; Nanocomposites; Tensile properties; Thermal analysis properties;
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