Abstract
Composite has growth rapidly in industrial applications. This research deals with epoxy-hollow glass microsphere composites since researches on it are very limited. Epoxy-hollow glass microspheres composites has advantages such as providing a light weight, low thermal conductivity and high compressive strength. This research focused on the volume fraction of epoxy-hollow glass microspheres, the curing temperature and its effect on the compressive strength of the composites. Compressive test specimen dimensions are produced according to ASTM D695, by varied hollow glass microspheres volume fraction of 0% to 30% and curing at room temperature and 90 °C. This research showed that 15% volume fraction of hollow glass microspheres and curing temperature of 90 °C gained the maximum compressive strength of the composites at 128.95 MPa. The maximum compressive strength is obtained due to high percentage crystallinity on composites matrix that occurred in adequate volume fraction of hollow glass microspheres and curing temperature.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2729-2733 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Composites
- Compressive properties
- Curing temperature
- Hollow glass microspheres