Abstract
To improve the performance/cost ratio of epoxy/clay nanocomposites, epoxy resin was reinforced with crude clay with the help of a silane modifier. The epoxy/crude clay nanocomposites were produced through a recently developed “slurry compounding” approach. The microstructure of the nanocomposites was characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The thermal mechanical properties were studied with dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). It has been shown that only 5 wt% of silane modifier is required to facilitate the dispersion and exfoliation of crude clay in epoxy matrix. The storage moduli and thermal stability were improved with the addition of crude clay.
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