Samire Sabagh
Ahmad Reza Bahramian - Polymer Engineering Department, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University,Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Mehrdad Kokabi

The influence of SiAlON nanoparticles loading level (0, 3, 5, 7 wt%) on chemical and mechanical properties of internal nanocomposite coating based on Epoxy resin/ SiAlON were experimentally investigated. The nanocomposite coatings were characterized by fracture toughness, abrasion andimmersion tests, followed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of the surface cracks samples. Also nanoparticles characterized by Linier Light Scattering analysis (LLS). The epoxy resin used was a bisphenol A-type epoxide resin with polyamine hardener as a curing agent. Results indicatean enhancement in the epoxy nanocomposite mechanical and chemical properties due to the addition of small fraction of SiAlON nanoparticles. energy per unit area of crack surface ofnanocomposites with 3 wt% and 5 wt% of SiAlON nanopowders improves compared to neat resin.The nanocomposite containing 5 wt % of SiAlON nanoparticles exhibited the maximum GIC values which are 23% higher. Also nanocomposites with 3 and 5wt% of SiAlON nanopowder in Na2CO3 solution have chemical resistance higher than neat epoxy resin based on crack initiation andpropagation. All of samples in H2CO3 solution have chemical resistance because wasn’t shown any crack on samples surface. Also nanocomposites containing 5 and 3 wt% of SiAlON nanoparticles improved wear resistance, 34% and 59%, respectively.

SiAlON, Nanocomposit Coating, Fracture Toughness, Abrasion, Crack