Epoxy Reins

Kim et al. [73] have investigated the effect of the addition of nanoclay on the strength and fracture toughness Kt epoxy resins (see Section 3.4.1). 

Kaya et al. [138] found that the incorporation of organically modified clay into epoxy resins improved mechanical properties of the nanocomposites. 

Paul and Robeson et al. [139] have published an extremely informative review on the properties of exfoliated nanoclay-based nanocomposites. These have dominated the polymer literature, but there are a large number of other significant areas of current and emerging interest. This review details the technology involved with exfoliated clay-based nanocomposites and also includes other important areas, such as barrier properties, flammability resistance, biomedical applications, electrical/electronic/optoelectronic applications, and fuel cell interests. The important question of the nanoeffect of nanoparticles or fiber inclusion relative to their large-scale counterparts is addressed relative to crystallization and glass transition behavior. Other polymer (and composite)-based properties derive benefits from the nanoscale filler or fiber addition, and fhese questions are addressed. 

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Anti-corrosion coating based on epoxy rein and zinc-rich primer ... 

Epoxy reins forms the second largest group of the end use of BPA (30% of the global production volume). The Bisphenol-A-based resins are the most common of commercial epoxies. They are produced by the two-step Taffy process shown in Figure 7.15. 

Cheng, Q., et al. Fabrication and properties of aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube-rein-forced epoxy composites.J.A7ate/ 7 e5.2008, 23(11), 2975-2983. 

Pulpstones are used in the paper industry to grind wood into pulp and are of a large diameter (to 6 ft). Once installed, they must provide years of trouble-free service in a hot aqueous environment and so must be sturdily constructed. Vitrified segments, each containing a metal bolt cemented in place with a phenolic resin, or perhaps an epoxy resin, are arranged into an annular ring affixed to a metal rein-... 

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