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Fabrication of adduct filled glass fiber/epoxy resin laminate composites and their physical characteristics

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Adducts were synthesized from thiokol and epoxy resin using triethylamine as a catalyst, and their structure and molecular weights were determined. The synthesized adducts, which possessed an epoxide group on their chain as a modifier to enhance the toughness of the epoxy resin, were well dispersed in the epoxy matrix, resulting in the successful manufacture of laminate composites made from glass fiber/epoxy resin (GF/EP). The microstructure and mechanical properties, such as the tensile strength, impact resistance and mode I interlaminar fracture toughness, were investigated and compared with those of the GF/EP system. The addition of the adduct to the epoxy matrix led to an increase in both the mode I interlaminar fracture toughness and IZOD impact resistance of the GF/EP.

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  1. Chemical Department, Le Qui Don Technical University, 236 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Cuong Manh Vu & Thai Viet Nguyen

  2. Polymer Center, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, 1 Dai Co Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Liem Thanh Nguyen

  3. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, 402-751, Korea

    Hyoung Jin Choi

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Vu, C.M., Nguyen, T.V., Nguyen, L.T. et al. Fabrication of adduct filled glass fiber/epoxy resin laminate composites and their physical characteristics. Polym. Bull. 73, 1373–1391 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-015-1553-7

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