Comparative Study on the Effect of Aluminium Trihydrate and Carbon Nanofillers on Thermal Properties of Glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites

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  • B. M. Madhu
     Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, BH. Road, Tumakuru, Karnataka-572 103 ,IN
  • Rashmi .
     Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, BH. Road, Tumakuru, Karnataka-572 103 ,IN
  • R. R. N. Sailaja
     The Energy and Resources Institute, Southern Regional Centre, 4th Main, 2nd Cross, Bangalore, Karnataka ,IN
  • J. Sundara Rajan
     Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, BH. Road, Tumakuru, Karnataka-572 103 ,IN

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https://doi.org/10.18311/jmmf/2022/32011

Keywords:

Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Thermal Kinetics, GFRP Composites.

Abstract

High performance glass fiber reinforced epoxy composites are in greater demand in several industrial applications, from civil structures to aviation industry. The epoxy has highly cross-linked structure and is found to be high performance polymer. Further, carbon nanofillers such as multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) and thermally stable microfiller aluminium trihydrate (ATH) are being used to improve the thermal properties. GNP and MWCNT posses high aspect ratio and specific surface area contributing to improvement in thermal properties of composites. In spite of this, there are difficulties connected with nanofiller addition, such as dispersion and interaction. The fabricated nanocomposites are based on ECR glass fiber and epoxy resin by adding GNP, MWCNT and ATH fillers using pultrusion process assisted by ultrasonication. For the purpose of comparison, composites containing only MWCNT, GNP and ATH were also tested. The XRD and SEM were used to study the fillers dispersion and interaction. The thermogravemetric analysis(TGA) was carried out to determine the thermal stability of composites. From the thermal analysis result, it is found that the epoxy-MWCNT-GNP-ATH composite has enhanced thermal stability due to the addition of ATH micro filler.

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2022-12-08

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Madhu, B. M., ., R., Sailaja, R. R. N., & Sundara Rajan, J. (2022). Comparative Study on the Effect of Aluminium Trihydrate and Carbon Nanofillers on Thermal Properties of Glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites. Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels, 70(8A), 63–69. https://doi.org/10.18311/jmmf/2022/32011

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