Development of Palmyra Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composite
Nasrin Jamine, Ferdausee Rahman Anannya and Farhana Jannat
Email: nasrin.jamine@buft.edu.bd,ferdausee.anannya@buft.edu.bd,farhanajannat@buft.edu.bd
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Abstract
Composite is a kind of material that is produced by using more than one material to achieve better properties than the raw materials in the newly produced material. In general, a matrix and a reinforcing material are most commonly used to produce the composite material, along with some other additives. Natural fibers are very often used as reinforcement by many researchers, previously. In this study, palmyra palm fiber reinforced polyester composites have been made by using different amounts of fiber loading, and the mechanical properties along with morphological structure and water absorbency property of the produced materials are assessed. Results have shown that the addition of fiber improvestensile properties to a smaller extent, but impact property has been improved vastly. Also, the material showed significantly improved elongation properties. The morphological structure showed poor adhesion between fiber and matrix, which improved with the increment in fiber loading. These composites have also shown almost non-absorbent nature in the water absorbency test, which means these materials could be suitable for some specific applications where considerable tensile and impact properties and non-absorbent nature can come to a good use.