Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Radiation Physics and Chemistry
Source : Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 136, 17-22 (2017)
Url : https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017RaPC..136...17V/abstract
Keywords : Epoxy composites, Aluminum nanoparticles, Electron beam irradiation, Thermal stability, Mechanical properties
Campus : Chennai
School : School of Engineering
Department : Chemistry
Year : 2017
Abstract : The epoxy resins are widely used in nuclear and aerospace industries. The certain properties of epoxy resins as well as the resistance to radiation can be improved by the incorporation of different fillers. This study examines the effect of electron beam irradiation on the thermal and mechanical properties of the epoxy composites filled with aluminum nanoparticles at percentage of 0.35 wt%. The epoxy composites were exposed to the irradiation doses of 30, 100 and 300 kGy using electron beam generated by the linear electron accelerator ELU-4. The effects of the doses on thermal and mechanical properties of the aluminum based epoxy composites were investigated by the methods of thermal gravimetric analysis, tensile test, and dynamic mechanical analysis. The results revealed that the studied epoxy composites showed good radiation resistance. The thermal and mechanical properties of the aluminum based epoxy composites increased with increasing the irradiation dose up to 100 kGy and decreased with further increasing the dose.
Cite this Research Publication : Effect of electron beam irradiation on thermal and mechanical properties of aluminum based epoxy composites (2017)- P. M. Visakh, Olga B. Nazarenko, C. Sarathchandran, Tatnya V. Melnikova, Svetlana Yu Nazarenko, J. C. Kim- Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 136, 17-22.