Mechanical Properties of MWCNT Modified Syntactic Foams with High Volume Fraction of Glass Microspheres

Abstract

The effect of multi-wall carbon nanotubes content on physico-mechanical properties of glass microspheres-epoxy resin syntactic foam was evaluated experimentally. Syntactic foam with high volume fraction of microspheres (70 vol%) was prepared and modified by 1 to 5 vol% of multi-wall carbon nanotubes. The compressive, flexural and impact strength tests were conducted, the load-displacement curves were captured. The quality of dispersion of nanoparticles was evaluated in relation to the mixing procedure using scanning electron microscope observation.

Study on the performance of syntactic foam reinforced by hybrid functionalized carbon nanotubes

“…CNTs are also of significant interest in syntactic foams . Drdlova et al . used three different fabrication methods to incorporate multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in the matrix.…”