Epoxy adhesives toughened with waste tire powder, nanoclay, and phenolic resin for metal-polymer lap-joint applications

Autor: Majid Sohrabian, Omid Moini Jazani, Maryam Aliakbari
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Progress in Organic Coatings. 136:105291
ISSN: 0300-9440
DOI: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2019.105291
Popis: Brittleness and low thermal stability of epoxy confines its usage as adhesive for metal-polymer interfaces. In this work, epoxy formulations containing phenolic resin (X1 (wt.%), for thermal stability), recycled tire powder (X2 (wt.%), economically reasonable for toughening), and clay nanoplatelets (X3 (wt.%), for modulus enhancement) were optimized based on L9 Taguchi experimental design approach. The main effects of X1, X2, and X3 on mechanical properties of epoxy adhesives including tensile strength, Young’s modulus, and toughness, were studied by taking into account signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) as well as the analysis of variance (ANOVA). It was found that at X1 level of 50 wt.%, X2 level of 10 wt.%, and X3 level of 2 wt.% an increase of about 39% was observed in the single-lap shear strength compared to blank epoxy adhesive formulation. Scanning electron microscopy revealed crack mechanism in the form of deviation of crack growth pathway when encountered with large platy nanoclays. Thermal stability of epoxy was also improved by 16% based on degradation peak temperature monitoring.
Databáze: OpenAIRE