Processing of Hollow Glass Microspheres (HGM) filled Epoxy Syntactic Foam Composites with improved Structural Characteristics

Afolabi, Olusegun Adigun; Kanny, Krishnan; Mohan, T. P.

doi:10.1515/secm-2021-0011

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“…As a result, all the composites revealed a decrease in density values as the HGM content increased. Similar trends can be observed in [14,[28][29][30]. Furthermore, HGM/E composites revealed lower density as compared with HGM/CNT/E and HGM/G/E.…”

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Influence of Graphene Nano Fillers and Carbon Nano Tubes on the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Hollow Glass Microsphere Epoxy Composites

Kumar¹,

Shahapurkar

Venkatesh

et al. 2021

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The present work aimed to analyze the roll of carbon nano tubes and graphene nano fillers on the mechanical and thermal characteristics of hollow glass microsphere reinforced epoxy composites. Composites with varying content of hollow glass microballoons (2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 wt %) reinforced in epoxy matrix were fabricated. Additionally, two more types of composites, one with graphene nano fillers and the other with carbon nano tube at a constant 0.5 wt %, were fabricated with varying weight percentages of hollow glass microballoons (2, 4, 6, 8, and 10%). The composites were fabricated using an open mold casting process. Composites were tested for thermal and mechanical properties. The tensile and flexural moduli were found to rise as the HGM concentration increased. Graphene-filled HGM/epoxy composites revealed the highest modulus compared with HGM/epoxy and HGM/CNT/epoxy composites. The impact strength of all composite types decreased as the HGM content increased. Neat epoxy specimens revealed low response as compared with all the composites tested. Further, the thermal conductivity of HGM/epoxy composites was lower as compared with other compositions and neat epoxy. Scanning electron microscopy was used to analyze the surface morphological behavior of the composites subjected to flexural test. It was found that HGM/G/E composites with 10% of HGM and 0.5% of graphene by weight in epoxy matrix were the optimum.

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Influence of Graphene Nano Fillers and Carbon Nano Tubes on the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Hollow Glass Microsphere Epoxy Composites

Kumar¹,

Shahapurkar

Venkatesh

et al. 2021

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“…He analyzed and studied foam composites by means of scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, and density measurement. e analysis results show that the improved degassing technology can significantly reduce the porosity of composite foams [6]. Wu et al discussed the preparation and mechanical properties of carbon fiber reinforced polyphase epoxy composite foam.…”

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Preparation and Properties of HGBTPU Composite Foam for Football Protection

Zhou

2022

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

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Football is a very dangerous sport. In order to reduce the injury of athletes, we must have corresponding protective articles, and the materials used are very important. Foam material has attracted the attention of all circles for its light weight, high strength, strong absorption impact load, and good heat insulation performance. However, the mechanical properties of foam materials will decrease with the decrease of density, which limits their application in sports, especially in some sports occasions, such as motorcycle competition, football, and other sports protection. In this paper, HGB/TPU foam materials are mainly studied. The material not only has good shock absorption performance but also has light weight and good mechanical properties. It can be used as protective equipment for football. In this paper, HGB/TPU composite foam materials were prepared by extrusion foaming method using TPU and HGB as raw materials. The effects of HGB surface modification, foaming agent content, and HGB content on the cellular structure and mechanical properties of composite foams were also investigated. The experimental results show that when the foaming method is extrusion foaming, the content of HGB is 3% and the content of foaming agent is 1.5%. It has better resistance to external forces, which helps to protect athletes from serious injuries.

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“…Resin and hardener were mixed in the ratio 10:3 by weight. The detailed characterization of HGM has been reported earlier by the author [41] 2.2. Fabrication of Syntactic Foam Composites.…”

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Analysis of Particle Variation Effect on Flexural Properties of Hollow Glass Microsphere Filled Epoxy Matrix Syntactic Foam Composites

Afolabi¹,

Kanny²,

Mohan³

2022

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Syntactic foam has proven to be a good material with a strong structural strength. Understanding filler particle size variation is important in composite material formation especially in syntactic foam because of their numerous applications such as aerospace, marine and structural purposes. In this present work, the effects of particle variation in different sizes (20-24µm, 25-44µm, 45-49µm, and 50-60µm) on the mechanical properties of the syntactic foam composites with focus on flexural strength, modulus, and fracture surfaces were investigated. The particle sizes were varied into five volume fractions (5, 10, 15, 20, and 25vol%). The results shows that highest flexural strength is 89MPa at 5 vol% fraction of 50-60µm particles size variation which is 69% increase than the neat epoxy. This implies that the incorporation of HGM filler volume fraction and size variation has a strong effect on the flexural strength and bending modulus of syntactic foam. The microstructure of the fracture surfaces and the viscoelastic properties was determined and reported accordingly.

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Processing of Hollow Glass Microspheres (HGM) filled Epoxy Syntactic Foam Composites with improved Structural Characteristics

Cited by 24 publications

References 38 publications

Influence of Graphene Nano Fillers and Carbon Nano Tubes on the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Hollow Glass Microsphere Epoxy Composites

Influence of Graphene Nano Fillers and Carbon Nano Tubes on the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Hollow Glass Microsphere Epoxy Composites

Preparation and Properties of HGBTPU Composite Foam for Football Protection

Analysis of Particle Variation Effect on Flexural Properties of Hollow Glass Microsphere Filled Epoxy Matrix Syntactic Foam Composites

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