Baby, Anil and Nayak, Suhas Y and Shenoy, Srinivas H and Purohit, Shantanu and Bhagat, Keshav Kumar and Thomas, Linto George (2019) Mechanical and morphological characterization of carbonized eggshell fillers/Parnassus fiber reinforced polyester hybrid composites. Materials Research Express, 6 (10). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2053-1591
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Abstract
Inthisstudy,mechanicalcharacteristicsofBorassusflabelliferfruitfibrereinforcedpolyester compositeswithvaryingweightpercentagesofthecarbonizedeggshellbio-fillerswereanalyzedforits tensile,flexuralandimpactstrength.Toestablishthesuccessofcarbonizationofegg-shell,Energy Dispersivex-raySpectroscopyanalysiswascarriedout.Thefibreswereinitiallytreatedwithsodium hydroxidefordurationof1h,2hand3handwerelatertreatedwithpotassiumpermanganate.Tensile strengthoftreatedfibresweredeterminedandcomparedwithuntreatedfibres.Thefibrewiththe higheststrengthwasselectedasreinforcementforthecomposites.ScanningElectronMicroscopewas usedtoevaluatethechangesonthesurfaceoffibresduetothechemicaltreatment.Composites fabricatedweretestedforitsmechanicalproperties.Resultsshowthattheadditionofbio-fillerhada positiveeffectonthemechanicalpropertiesofthecompositestillacertainproportionofbio-filler afterwhichitdropped.ThefracturedsurfacewasanalysedusingaScanningElectronMicroscopeto understandthevariousmodesoffailure
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Borassusfruitfibre,carbonizedeggshellfiller,energydispersivex-rayspectroscopy(EDS)analysis,polyesterresin,mechanical properties,scanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM) |
Subjects: | Engineering > MIT Manipal > Mechanical and Manufacturing |
Depositing User: | MIT Library |
Date Deposited: | 19 Sep 2019 06:17 |
Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2019 06:19 |
URI: | http://eprints.manipal.edu/id/eprint/154570 |
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