Influence of seawater on mechanical properties of SiO2-epoxy polymer nanocomposites

Halil Burak Kaybal; Hasan Ulus; Ahmet Caner Tatar; Okan Demir; Ahmet Avcı

Research Article

Recieved:

02/08/2018

Accepted:

26/12/2018

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147

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154

doi:

http://dx.doi.org/10.17515/resm2018.61is0802

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Influence of seawater on mechanical properties of SiO2-epoxy polymer nanocomposites

Halil Burak Kaybal¹, Hasan Ulus², Ahmet Caner Tatar³, Okan Demir³, Ahmet Avcı⁴

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amasya University, Amasya, Turkey.
²Huglu Vocational High School, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
³Department of Mechanical Engineering, Konya Technical University, Konya, Turkey
⁴Department of Biomedical Engineering, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey

Abstract

In this study, dispersion of nano SiO₂ in epoxy composite aged in seawater and its effect on mechanical properties were studied. The SiO₂-epoxy polymer nanocomposite materials were kept in seawater for a total of six months to be tested every two months. Tensile and bending tests were applied to composite materials as a mechanical test. According to the mechanical test results, there was less decrease in strength in SiO₂-epoxy polymer nanocomposite material compared to unmodified material. In usage of seawater, the mechanical properties were observed to be the best in 3% added SiO₂-epoxy nanocomposite material.

Keywords

Epoxy; Nanocomposite; Nano SiO2; Seawater; Tensile loading; Bending loading

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Kaybal H B, Ulus H, Tatar A C, Demir O. Influence of seawater on mechanical properties of SiO2-epoxy polymer nanocomposites. Res. Eng. Struct. Mat., 2019; 5(2): 147-154.

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