Tensile tests of phenol formaldehyde glass-powder-reinforced composites: Pilot study

Phenol formaldehyde was filled with glass powder (GP) to optimize the strength and impact toughness of the composite for structural applications by a research center at the University of Southern Queensland. To reduce costs, the center wished to fill as much of the glass microspheres as possible to...

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Published in:Journal of applied polymer science 2010-04, Vol.116 (1), p.10-17
Main Authors: Ku, H, Trada, M, Cecil, T, Wong, P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Composites
Costs
Exact sciences and technology
Forms of application and semi-finished materials
Glass
Impact strength
mechanical properties
Phenol formaldehyde
Pilots
Polymer industry, paints, wood
Polymer matrix composites
resins
Strength
Technology of polymers
Tensile tests
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Summary:Phenol formaldehyde was filled with glass powder (GP) to optimize the strength and impact toughness of the composite for structural applications by a research center at the University of Southern Queensland. To reduce costs, the center wished to fill as much of the glass microspheres as possible to maintain sufficient strength and impact toughness in the composites in structural applications. In this project, we varied the weight percentages of the GP in the composites, which were then subjected to tensile tests. The best weight percentage of GP that could be added to the phenolic resin to give the optimum yield, tensile strengths, Young's modulus, and cost was found to be about 10%. The contribution of this study was the finding that if the tensile properties are the most important factors to be considered in the applications of the composites, GP is not a suitable filler.
ISSN:0021-8995
1097-4628
1097-4628
DOI:10.1002/app.31424