AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EPOXY RESIN WHEN SEVERAL HARDENERS ARE PRESENT
Keywords:
Epoxy Resin, Impact Strength, Tensile Strength, Flexural Strength.Abstract
Diglyceryl ether of bisphenol-A (DGEBA) epoxy resin was synthesised with two hardeners,triethylene tetramine (TETA) and diamino diphenyl methane (DDM), at varying hardener/resin ratios (below, at, and above stoichiometry), and their mechanical properties were evaluated through mechanical testing.
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