Study the Contrast of Thermal Expansion Behavior of the Unsaturated Polyester resin (UP) containing Phenolic Bakelite(PF) By Using The Thermomechanical Analysis Technique(TMA)

Abstract

TMA Technique was used to study the behavior of the thermal expansion (α) of the unsaturated polyester resin(UP) containing ratios wt % of different phenolic Bakelite. We can through this technique evaluate the coefficient of linear thermal expansion (α) on the one hand and the glass transition temperature(Tg)  of his other hand of polymer composite prepared .Evidenced from this study that extravagant increases the ratio of phenolic Bakelite in polyester prepared led to a decrease in the Tg and it was observed that there is increase in the values of (α) in low temperture and decrease in high temperture due to transformation of polymeric material from elastic to plastic , and therefore, increase the ratio to 15% phenolic which gave a low value of (α)compared to the other the samples prepared.