Title :
Preparation and Characterization of Epoxy/organic-montmorillonite Nanocomposites
Author :
Zhang, M.Y. ; Guo, N. ; Zhang, X.H.
Abstract :
Epoxy/Organic-Montmorillonite (O-MMT) nanocomposites were prepared through melting intercalation and solvent intercalation processes, respectively. The interplanar spacing of montmorillonite before/after the intercalation treatment, the fracture morphology of the nanocomposites and the dispersion condition of the o-MMT were investigated by XRD (X-ray diffraction) and SEM (scanning electron microscope), with the results showing that there was a structure that the epoxy resin had been intercalated into the interlayer of the o-MMT, which dispersed disorderly and had been exfoliated independently on the mixing temperature. The thermal stability of the composites was characterized by TGA (therm o-gravimetric analysis). The results showed that the thermal decomposition temperature of 5% weight loss increased with increasing mixing temperature.
Keywords :
X-ray diffraction; clay; composite insulating materials; fracture; melt processing; mixing; nanocomposites; nanotechnology; polymers; pyrolysis; scanning electron microscopy; thermal stability; SEM; TGA; X-ray diffraction; XRD; dispersion condition; epoxy/organic-montmorillonite nanocomposites; fracture morphology; interplanar spacing; melting intercalation; mixing temperature; scanning electron microscope; solvent intercalation; thermal analysis; thermal decomposition; thermal stability; weight loss; Epoxy resins; Morphology; Nanocomposites; Scanning electron microscopy; Solvents; Stability analysis; Temperature; Thermal stability; X-ray diffraction; X-ray scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Solid Dielectrics, 2007. ICSD '07. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Winchester
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0750-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0751-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICSD.2007.4290827
