• Title of article

    The effects of carbon nanotubes on mechanical and thermal properties of woven glass fibre reinforced polyamide-6 nanocomposites The effects of carbon nanotubes on mechanical and thermal properties of woven glass fibre reinforced polyamide-6 nanocomposites

  • Author/Authors

    Zhiqi Shen، نويسنده , , Stuart Bateman، نويسنده , , Dong Yang Wu، نويسنده , , Patrick McMahon، نويسنده , , Mel Dell’Olio، نويسنده , , Januar Gotama، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    239
  • To page
    244
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a preliminary investigation on the effects of incorporating carbon nanotubes (CNT) into polyamide-6 (PA6) on mechanical, thermal properties and fire performance of woven glass reinforced CNT/PA6 nanocomposite laminates. The samples were characterized by tensile and flexural tests, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), heat distortion temperature (HDT) measurements, thermal conductivity and cone calorimeter tests. Incorporation of up to 2 wt% CNT in CNT/PA6/GF laminates improved the flexural stress of the laminates up to 36%, the thermal conductivity by approximately 42% and the ignition time and peak HRR time was delayed by approximately 31% and 118%, respectively.
  • Keywords
    B. Thermal properties , A. Polymer–matrix composites , A. Carbon nanotubes , B. Mechanical properties , A. Glass fibre
  • Journal title
    COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Serial Year
    2009
  • Journal title
    COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Record number

    1043158