Study the mechanical and physical properties of an epoxy compound with Silicate Sodium

Abstract

This study illustrates the effect of adding sodium silicate as a reinforced material of different
weight ratios (1%, 3%, 5%, 7%, 9%, and 11%) to epoxy resin in order to synthesise composite
materials. The mechanical and physical properties, namely compressive strength, hardness,
impact strength and thermal conductivity were employed on the prepared composites. All
experiments were conducted with two temperatures of 22C° and 52C° respectively to demonstrate
the effect of the temperatures of these properties on the resin behaviour. The results showed
showed that (compression strength, and hardness) decrease with a rise within the weight ratios of
sodium silicate, however, an increase in the impact strength, and high values of thermal
conductivity of epoxy were noticed with the rise in the weight ratios of sodium silicate.