%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of surface activation of alumina particles on the performances of thermosetting
%A Abdusalam Drah
%A Aleksandar Marinkovi£¿
%A Jelena Rusmirovi£¿
%A Marica Bogosavljavi£¿
%A Nata£¿a Tomi£¿
%A Sa£¿a Brzi£¿
%A Tihomir Kova£¿evi£¿
%J Journal of Composite Materials
%@ 1530-793X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0021998319839133
%X Two types of alumina particles, commercial (c-Al2O3) and iron doped (Fe-Al2O3), were functionalized with 3-(aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane (one-step) and two-step consecutive process, i.e. firstly using 3-(aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane followed by methyl ester of linseed oil (biodiesel) to produce Al2O3ATPMS-BD reinforcement, respectively. The effect of modifier type and variable amount of alumina particles on the dynamical and mechanical properties of unsaturated polyester resin¨Cbased composites was studied. The highest improvement of the tensile strength and micro Vickers hardness, 78.1 and 163%, respectively, was obtained at 1.0£¿wt% of Fe-Al2O3APTMS-BD addition. The obtained multifunctional composites can be potentially applied in construction and mining industries
%K Thermosetting resin
%K particle-reinforcement
%K polymer-matrix composites
%K chemical properties
%K mechanical properties
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0021998319839133