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Table 4 Thermal stability factors and average hardness of epoxy, epoxy/MB/claytone and epoxy/MB/clayD2000 nanocomposites

From: Fashionable epoxy/clay nanocomposites using modified clay-loaded methyl blue dye

Sample code

tIDT (°C)

t10 (°C)

t50 (°C)

t90 (°C)

Average hardness

Epoxy

337.7

362.9

391.1

614.7

27.00

Epoxy/MB/claytone

337.66

362.9

387.7

492.6

27.63

Epoxy/MB/clayD2000

355.31

368.7

404.5

775.6

31.20