Performance Evaluation of Epoxy Resin/Modified Bentonite Composite

  • Falalu Shuaibu Umar Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
  • Salele Yazid Department of Chemistry, Federal College of Education, Katsina, Nigeria
  • Haruna Musa Dambatta Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
  • Kabiru Bashir Ahmad Department of Chemistry, Federal Unversity, Lokoja, Nigeria
  • Ansar Bilyamin Adam Department of Chemical Science, Federal University, Wukari, Nigeria
  • Shittu Abubakar Muhammad Department of Chemistry, University of Jos, Nigeria
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34198/ejcs.11124.019029
Keywords: epoxy resin, bentonite composite, surface coating, packaging, tiles

Abstract

Performance evaluation of the prepared composite such as tensile strength, flexural strength, impact strength, hardness strength, and abrasion/wear resistance were carried out. The results obtained as: tensile (the epoxy is 6.25 MPa while, for the 5% bentonite reinforced composite is 6.79 MPa), flexural (the epoxy is 8.42 MPa while, for the 5% bentonite reinforced composite is 14.64 MPa), impact (the epoxy is 40.82 J/m2 while, for the 5% bentonite reinforced composite is 60.78 J/m2 ), hardness (the epoxy is 48.32 MPa while, for the 5% bentonite reinforced composite is 62.82 MPa), abrasion/wear resistance (the epoxy is 0.2410-3mm3/Nm while, for the 5% bentonite reinforced composite is 0.1410-3mm3/Nm), the results of performance evaluation shows that the epoxy resin/modified bentonite composite have potential application in surface coating, packaging, and tiles.

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Published
2023-09-30
How to Cite
Umar, F. S., Yazid, S., Dambatta, H. M., Ahmad, K. B., Adam, A. B., & Muhammad, S. A. (2023). Performance Evaluation of Epoxy Resin/Modified Bentonite Composite. Earthline Journal of Chemical Sciences, 11(1), 19-29. https://doi.org/10.34198/ejcs.11124.019029
Issue
Vol 11 No 1 (2024)
Section
Articles


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