Plackett-Burman Analysis of Glass Microballoon Filled Syntactic Foams

Keller, Jennie; Smith, Zachary; Bello, Mollie; Cordes, Nikolaus Lynn

doi:10.2172/1150667

Title: Plackett-Burman Analysis of Glass Microballoon Filled Syntactic Foams

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Syntactic foams are an important category of composite materials that have abundant applications in a wide variety of fields. The current study utilized a Plackett-Burman (PB) experimental design to investigate the main effects of six variables on properties of syntactic foams formulated from a silicone elastomer and glass microballoons(MB). Findings from this investigation are meant to identify the most significant variables with respect to foam properties. Eight foam samples were created and tested using thermal, physical and mechanical techniques. The data from these tests was then evaluated using a Plackett-Burman response coefficient calculation (RCC). This calculation was applied to determine the statistical significance of the selected variables by comparison with a dummy variable. The data suggests that thermal properties, such as glass transition temperature and coefficient of thermal expansion, do not rely on any of the studied variables. Physical and mechanical measurements however were found to depend heavily on the matrix composition and the vacuum pressure used during mixing. Some variables were found to have little to no effect on any of the studied properties. Ultimately, this data could be used to formulate a comprehensive catalogue of syntactic foams based on their compositions. This type of database would allow customersmore »« less

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Keller, Jennie ^[1]; Smith, Zachary ^[1]; Bello, Mollie ^[1]; Cordes, Nikolaus Lynn ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1150667

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-14-26629

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; SYNTACTIC FOAMS; PLACKETT-BURMAN

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                    Keller, Jennie, Smith, Zachary, Bello, Mollie, and Cordes, Nikolaus Lynn. Plackett-Burman Analysis of Glass Microballoon Filled Syntactic Foams.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Keller, Jennie, Smith, Zachary, Bello, Mollie, & Cordes, Nikolaus Lynn. Plackett-Burman Analysis of Glass Microballoon Filled Syntactic Foams.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1150667

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                    Keller, Jennie, Smith, Zachary, Bello, Mollie, and Cordes, Nikolaus Lynn. 2014.  
        "Plackett-Burman Analysis of Glass Microballoon Filled Syntactic Foams".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1150667.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1150667.

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