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Quantitative Studies of the Effect of Adhesion on the Mechanical and Physical Properties of Polymer Composites
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
Abstract
Young's modulus, tensile strength and the storage shear modulus experiments were performed on silica-filled ethylene-vinyl acetate composites and the results were correlated with polymer-filler interaction energy. The polymer-filler interaction energy was determined by wetting and infrared spectroscopy experiments. The interaction energy was characterized by the work of adhesion. The results indicate there is a strong correlation between modulus and tensile strength and the work of adhesion. There was an exponential relationship of modulus and tensile strength with the reciprocal of the work of adhesion.
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