THERMAL PROPERTIES OF PARTICULATE EPOXY COMPOSITES

Abstract

The combination of a filler with a polymer results in a new material with changed properties. Some of these changes are advantageous while others are less favorable. Polymeric dispersions of nanometer-sized metal particles offer the possibility of functionalizing the polymer by properties coming from the large number of surface atoms and the quantum-size effects. Nanosized metals show properties that differ significantly from that of bulk metals, which makes these nano-composite systems intriguing for scientific study and potentially useful for a number of technological applications. This study is about changing the epoxy properties using appropriate fillers.

Keywords

• clay
• talc
• CNT
• ferrite
• epoxy.