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Fracto-emission (FE) is the emission of particles (electrons, positive ions, and neutral species) and photons, when a material is stressed to failure. In this paper, we examine various FE signals accompanying the deformation and fracture of fiber-reinforced and alumina-filled epoxy, and relate them to the locus and mode of fracture. The intensities are orders of magnitude greater than those observed from the fracture of neat fibers and resins. This difference is attributed to the intense charge separation that accompanies the separation of dissimilar materials (interfacial failure) when a composite fractures. 

Alumina-Filled Edoxv. A different interfacial geometry and failure mechanisms are provided by particulate fillers. Alumina and silica are incorporated into plastics primarily because of their low cost, and may also improve properties to some extent. In our studies, the EE, phE and RE from neat and alumina-filled Epon 828... 

Figure 8. EE accompanying the fracture of both unfilled and alumina-filled Epon 828, cured with Z-hardener.

Figure 9" Peak EE from the fracture of alumina-filled Epon 828 (Z-hardener) as a function of the alumlna/epoxy ratio (OC). (Reproduced with permission from Ref. Copyri t 19 Plenum Press. )...

B. Carr-Price Reaction (See Chromatography, Appendix IIA.) Prepare a small chromatography column by filling a 200- x 7-mm glass tube, stoppered with glass wool, with alumina (80- to 200-mesh) slurried in toluene so that the settled alumina fills about 2/3 of the tube. Using a rubber outlet tube and clamp, adjust the flow rate to about 30 drops/min. 

The crude product is dissolved in the minimum quantity of benzene and is placed on an alumina-filled column about 60 cm. in length and 5.5 cm. in diameter prepared by packing it, under benzene, with 60 g. of Merck alumina per gram of crude crystalline product. Elution with 1 1 (by volume) methylene chloride (dichloromethane)-benzene mixture removes a red band a second band is eluted from the column by methanol. Evaporation of the solvent from each of these fractions affords the red crystalline isomers, t... 

Figure 8.66. Internal shrinkage stress vs. interpenetrating netu ork formation time for PU/PEA=10/90 network. (1) unfilled network, (2) alumina-filled, (3) fumed silica-filled. [Data from Sergeeva L M, Skiba S I,...

Figure 5 shows the effects of filler content on thermal shock resistance at c/R - 0.2 for composites of silicon nitride, silicon carbide, silica, and alumina. The thermal shock resistance of resin filled with silicon nitride increases linearly with the volume fraction. The value of the thermal shock resistance is high, especially at higher volume fraction (Vf > 40%), that is, thermal shock resistance reaches 140 K (Figure 5a). The thermal shock resistance of composite filled with silicon carbide increases rapidly with the increase of filler content, and it reaches 135 K at Vf of 40%, which is similar to the case of silicon nitride (Figure 5b). In the case of silica-filled composites there is also an increase, but above a 30% volume fraction a plateau is reached (Figure 5c). Alumina-filled composites show a decrease in thermal shock resistance with filler content, then an almost constant value starting at Vf = 20% (Figure 5d).

Because the alumina composites show (ATc)exp/ (A< 1, which indicates that the thermal shock resistance is overestimated by equation 1, the fracture behavior of alumina-filled composites is examined in further detail. As shown in Figure 7, debonding of the interface is observed in the thermal-shock test specimen but not in the fracture-toughness test specimen Therefore, for the evaluation of thermal shock resistance by equation 1 without overestimation, KIc should be measured under the condition in which the same fracture pattern as that seen in the thermal shock test is obtained. 

The effects of ceramic particles and filler content on the thermal shock behavior of toughened epoxy resins have been studied. Resins filled with stiff and strong particles, such as silicon nitride and silicon carbide, show high thermal shock resistance, and the effect of filler content is remarkable. At higher volume fractions (Vf > 40%), the thermal shock resistance of these composites reaches 140 K, whereas that of neat resin is about 90 K. The highest thermal shock resistance is obtained with silicon nitride. The thermal shock resistance of silica-filled composites also increases with increasing filler content, but above 30% of volume fraction it comes close to a certain value. On the contrary, in alumina-filled resin, the thermal shock resistance shows a decrease with increasing filler content. 

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