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Processing of Low-Density HGM-Filled Epoxy–Syntactic Foam Composites with High Specific Properties for Marine Applications
A solution casting approach is used to create hollow glass microsphere (HGM)-filled epoxy–syntactic foam composites (e–SFCs) by varying the concentrations of HGM in epoxy according to different particle sizes. Density analysis is used to investigate the impact of concentration and particle size regu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9966764/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36837359 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16041732 |
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author | Afolabi, Olusegun Adigun Mohan, Turup Pandurangan Kanny, Krishnan |
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description | A solution casting approach is used to create hollow glass microsphere (HGM)-filled epoxy–syntactic foam composites (e–SFCs) by varying the concentrations of HGM in epoxy according to different particle sizes. Density analysis is used to investigate the impact of concentration and particle size regularity on the microstructure of e-SFCs. It was observed that e–SFCs filled with an HGM of uniform particle sizes exhibit a reduction in density with increasing HGM concentration, whereas e-SFCs filled with heterogeneous sizes of HGM exhibit closeness in density values regardless of HGM concentration. The variation in e–SFC density can be related to HGM packing efficiency within e–SFCs in terms of concentration and particle size regularity. The particle size with lowest true density of 0.5529 g/cm(3), experimental density of 0.949 g/cm(3) and tensile strength of 55.74 MPa resulted in e-SFCs with highest specific properties of 100.81 (MPa·g/cm(3)), with a 35.1% increase from the lowest value of 74.64 (MPa·g/cm(3)) at a true density of 0.7286 g/cm(3), experimental density of 0.928 g/cm(3) and tensile strength of 54.38 MPa. The e–SFCs’ theoretical density values were obtained. The variance in theoretical and experimental density values provides a thorough grasp of packing efficiency and inter-particle features. |
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spelling | pubmed-99667642023-02-26 Processing of Low-Density HGM-Filled Epoxy–Syntactic Foam Composites with High Specific Properties for Marine Applications Afolabi, Olusegun Adigun Mohan, Turup Pandurangan Kanny, Krishnan Materials (Basel) Article A solution casting approach is used to create hollow glass microsphere (HGM)-filled epoxy–syntactic foam composites (e–SFCs) by varying the concentrations of HGM in epoxy according to different particle sizes. Density analysis is used to investigate the impact of concentration and particle size regularity on the microstructure of e-SFCs. It was observed that e–SFCs filled with an HGM of uniform particle sizes exhibit a reduction in density with increasing HGM concentration, whereas e-SFCs filled with heterogeneous sizes of HGM exhibit closeness in density values regardless of HGM concentration. The variation in e–SFC density can be related to HGM packing efficiency within e–SFCs in terms of concentration and particle size regularity. The particle size with lowest true density of 0.5529 g/cm(3), experimental density of 0.949 g/cm(3) and tensile strength of 55.74 MPa resulted in e-SFCs with highest specific properties of 100.81 (MPa·g/cm(3)), with a 35.1% increase from the lowest value of 74.64 (MPa·g/cm(3)) at a true density of 0.7286 g/cm(3), experimental density of 0.928 g/cm(3) and tensile strength of 54.38 MPa. The e–SFCs’ theoretical density values were obtained. The variance in theoretical and experimental density values provides a thorough grasp of packing efficiency and inter-particle features. MDPI 2023-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9966764/ /pubmed/36837359 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16041732 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Afolabi, Olusegun Adigun Mohan, Turup Pandurangan Kanny, Krishnan Processing of Low-Density HGM-Filled Epoxy–Syntactic Foam Composites with High Specific Properties for Marine Applications |
title | Processing of Low-Density HGM-Filled Epoxy–Syntactic Foam Composites with High Specific Properties for Marine Applications |
title_full | Processing of Low-Density HGM-Filled Epoxy–Syntactic Foam Composites with High Specific Properties for Marine Applications |
title_fullStr | Processing of Low-Density HGM-Filled Epoxy–Syntactic Foam Composites with High Specific Properties for Marine Applications |
title_full_unstemmed | Processing of Low-Density HGM-Filled Epoxy–Syntactic Foam Composites with High Specific Properties for Marine Applications |
title_short | Processing of Low-Density HGM-Filled Epoxy–Syntactic Foam Composites with High Specific Properties for Marine Applications |
title_sort | processing of low-density hgm-filled epoxy–syntactic foam composites with high specific properties for marine applications |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9966764/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36837359 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16041732 |
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