Mechanical and morphological characterization of carbonized eggshell ﬁllers/Parnassus fiber reinforced polyester hybrid composites MAHE Digital Repository

Mechanical and morphological characterization of carbonized eggshell ﬁllers/Parnassus fiber reinforced polyester hybrid composites

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
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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