Reinforced Epox
Reinforced
Epoxy Composites Chracteristics
Saeed A. Al-Ghamdi1,
Fahd A. Al-Zahrani2,
Hala M. Abo-Dief3 and Ashraf T. Mohd.4
1Electrical
Engineering Department, Al-Baha University, KSA
2UMM AL-QURA University, KSA.
3Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Egypt.
Currently with Al-Taif University, KSA.
4Mechanical
Engineering Department, Al-Baha University, KSA.
Email: [email protected] & [email protected]
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Abstract: An epoxy resin EP with backbone structure was obtained by
curing o-cresol novolac epoxy resin with phenol novolac resin. The reinforced
epoxy test specimens were prepared in the form of 45 × 35 mm², 10.0
mm thickness and adding four meshes of aluminium wires of 40 × 30 mm² with 5,
10, 15 and 20 wires of 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm diameters at 10mm from surface. The
effect of the test temperature on the mechanical properties of the reinforced
epoxy is carried out and investigated. The electrostatic charge is measured at
a static loads ranging from 50 to 200 N at dry condition at various test
parameters. A corrosion test is carried out and investigated on the produced
reinforced epoxy composites using NaCl with concentration ranging from 0.01M to
1.0M at an immersion time of 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250
hrs at room temperature. Water sorption method is carried out to investigate
the effect of the previous parameters on the reinforced epoxy composite
properties.
[Saeed A. Al-Ghamdi, Fahd A. Al-Zahrani, Hala M.
Abo-Dief, Ashraf T. Mohd. Reinforced Epoxy Composites
Chracteristics . J Am Sci 2013;9(3):297-303].
(ISSN: 1545-1003).http://www.americanscience.org. 41
Keywords: EP
epoxy resin, aluminium wires, corrosion, static
electricity, water sorption, NaCl corrosion medium and composites. Full Text 41
