This paper presents the results of an investigation of the properties of a clay-containing nanocomposite with an epoxy binder under moisture-temperature and mechanical action. It has been established that whatever the moisture content, the nanocomposite crystallizes under the thermomechanical action (upon reaching the glasstransition temperature). When the nanocomposite is heated to 70°C, the restructuring process is reversible, and its heating to above 150°C leads to its amorphization. The presence of clay nanoparticles (up to 6 mass percent) does not influence the temperature of structural transitions of the nanocomposite and does not cause a substantial strengthening effect. The sorbed moisture plasticizes the nanocomposite and decreases its glasstransition temperature by 10°C. The specific features of the thermomechanical behavior of nanocomposites upon their tensile prestrain or creep are due to the formation of an oriented structure. Their crystallization begins at lower temperatures and with a higher degree of crystallinity than that of unloaded nanostructures.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 83, No. 3, pp. 421–429, May–June, 2010.
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Faitel’son, E.A., Glaskova, T.I., Korkhov, V.P. et al. Structural changes in a clay-containing nanocomposite with a different moisture content caused by its deformation. J Eng Phys Thermophy 83, 443–451 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-010-0363-x
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