96-101 Al-Khwarizmi Engineering Journal,Vol. 11, No. Tensile and Compressive Properties of Kaolin Rienforced Epoxy Department of (Received Abstract The toughening of epoxy resins with the addition of organic or inorganic compounds is of great interest nowadays, considering their large scale of applications particles having different particle sizes as reinforcement. weight %) of kaolin was prepared by using hand lay method elasticity, yield, tensile, and compressive strength with filler content was evaluated. The comp modulus of elasticity and compressive composites decreases with rising kaolin content. particle size in all cases. Keywords: mechanical properties, composite materials 1. Introduction Particles filled polymer composites have become attractive because of their wide applications and low cost. Incorporating inorganic mineral fillers into plastic resin improves various mechanical and physical properties of the materials such as mechanical strength, and heat deflection temperature. In general the mechanical properties of particulate filled polymer composites depend strongly on size, shape and distribution of filler particles in the matrix polymer and good adhesion at the interface surface. Epoxy resin is widely used as a substrate material in electronic packaging industry. As one of the most widely used thermosetting resin, epoxy resin possess special chemical characteristics such as little or no by volatiles formation upon curing, low shrinkage, can be cured over a wide range of curing temperatures and control-able degree of cross linking [1]. However, it is reported that the epoxy resin without mineral filler cannot meet the requirement for its thermo-mechanical properties. Khwarizmi Engineering Journal,Vol. 11, No. 3, P.P. 96-101 (2015) Tensile and Compressive Properties of Kaolin Rienforced Epoxy Jabbar Hussein Mohmmed Department of Material Engineering/ University of Technology jabbaraljanaby@yahoo.comEmail: (Received 2 September 2014; accepted 23 March 2015) with the addition of organic or inorganic compounds is of great interest nowadays, considering their large scale of applications. In the present work, composites of epoxy are synthesized with kaolin particles having different particle sizes as reinforcement. Composites of epoxy with varying concentration ( prepared by using hand lay method. The variation of mechanical properties such as modulus of sile, and compressive strength with filler content was evaluated. The comp modulus of elasticity and compressive properties on addition of filler. In contrast, the tensile and yield strength of the in content. It is also observed that mechanical properties increase composite materials, epoxy risen, and kaolin. filled polymer composites have become attractive because of their wide applications and low cost. Incorporating inorganic mineral fillers into plastic resin improves various physical properties of the materials such as mechanical strength, modulus . In general the mechanical properties of particulate filled polymer composites depend strongly on size, shape and distribution of filler particles in the matrix polymer and good adhesion at the interface oxy resin is widely used as a substrate material in electronic packaging industry. As one of the most widely used thermosetting resin, epoxy resin possess special chemical characteristics such as little or no by-products or low shrinkage, can be cured over a wide range of curing able degree of cross- linking [1]. However, it is reported that the epoxy resin without mineral filler cannot meet the mechanical properties. Hence, Many investigators have used various toughening filler with epoxy, such as alumina [1], silica powder and aramid fiber [2, 3], Granite [4], and glass-fiber [5] in order to improve specific properties or reduce cost. In this investigation kaolin of variable particle size was added to epoxy. Influences of the addition of these fillers on the mechanical properties (Young's modulus, yield, tensile, and compressive strength) were examined. 2. Experimental Procedure 2.1. Materials System The matrix material used for the present study was epoxy (type:CY233 supplied by Ciba Co.-German) having density in range of (1.1 g/cm3) at 25˚C and hardener (HY956). The properties and chemical structure of epoxy are presented in Fig.1 and Table 1. 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