Author(s)

Yelda Akçin Ergün

Department of Metallurgical and Material Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.

In this study, production and mechanical properties of polymer composite materials obtained by using Al₂O₃, SiO₂, MgO and TiO₂ hard ceramic fillers were studied. Epoxy resin was used as the matrix material, and four different ceramic powders were mechanically mixed into the resin at 3% and 5% as reinforcement. The mechanical properties of the polymer composite materials were then characterized. For this purpose, flexural modulus and flexural strength of composite materials were determined by using three point bending test and impact toughness of the materials were determined by Charpy impact test. In addition, the hardness values of the samples were determined by Shore D hardness test.

Polymer Composite, Epoxy, Ceramic Powders, Mechanical Properties

Ergün, Y. (2019) Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Composite Materials Produced with Different Ceramic Powders. Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, 7, 1-8. doi: 10.4236/msce.2019.712001.