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By John, Bibin; Nair, C.P. Reghunadhan

Syntactic foams are polymer composites received by way of dispersing hole spheres in a matrix. they've got first-class houses resembling low density, excessive particular energy, low moisture absorption, reduce thermal coefficient of enlargement, and in a few case radar or sonar transparency to be used in Stealth know-how. one in all their largest merits is the truth that they are often adapted to have the homes worthwhile for a particular product. Syntactic foams makes use of contain: marine purposes, aerospace, floor automobiles, and activities purposes (snow skis and football balls). in truth, they are often used for something that wishes a excessive energy fabric. replace on Syntactic Foams might be of curiosity to all those that produce polymer items that want very excessive energy as a result hostile stipulations that they're utilized in, in addition to brands of uncooked fabrics utilized in those items. This replace supplies the reader a very good perception into the houses, manufacture and makes use of of syntactic foams, together with: * the fundamentals of syntactic foams together with the categories of microballoons used, foam constitution, tools of synthesis and the homes. * Syntactic foams in line with varieties of resin platforms equivalent to epoxy, phenolics, cyanate ester etc. * contemporary advancements within the box resembling fibre reinforcement, nanoclay reinforcement, functionally grading of foams, rubberisation, syntactic foam center sandwich composites and cement-based syntactic foams. * Appplications of syntactic foams.

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At higher microballoon concentration, the weak microballoons are not adequately protected by the binder matrix, thereby reducing the strength as a result of poor interfacial interaction between the matrix and the microballoon. 16) reveal that the failure is not of a brittle nature. 14 Effect of microballoon (K-37) concentration on the flexural, compressive and tensile strength of the syntactic foam. A. Devi, B. R. N. Ninan, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2007, 105, 6, 3715. 15 Effect of microballoon (K-37) concentration on the modulus of EPB syntactic foams.

The variety of compressive properties that are made available by varying the elastomer, microbubble, and the formulation has provided a useful engineering material that can be easily formulated for a particular application. The urethane elastomer/glass microbubble foam is a relatively high-strength material which is difficult to process because of its high viscosity and short pot life. The silicone/glass microbubble foam is made with a low-viscosity resin which has a long pot life [44]. 9 Nylon Syntactic Foams Nylon syntactic foams made with phenolic microballoons are proposed for use in the nosecap of Scout re-entry vehicles produced by Langley Research Centre at NASA (USA).

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