Low Velocity Impact and Creep-Strain Behaviour of Vinyl Ester Matrix Nanocomposites Based on Layered Silicate

Table 1

XRD results obtained from different clay loading of nanocomposites.

Sample number	2θ values	The interlayer distances (nm)	d-spacing improvement; %
Cloisite 10 A	20.00	0.443	00.00
Vinyl ester + 2 wt.% clay	16.86	0.525	18.51
Vinyl ester + 4 wt.% clay	13.84	0.639	44.24
Vinyl ester + 5 wt.% clay	16.08	0.551	24.38