Synthesis and Mechanical Characterization of Cellulose Reinforced Epoxy Polymer Composite

Conference: International Joint Conferences on Advances in Engineering and Technology
Author(s): Pranav M P, Arun M, Gokul K G Year: 2018
Grenze ID: 02.AET.2018.1.2 Page: 97-110

Abstract

The global demand in industries leads to the development of cellulose reinforced polymer (NFRP) composite and\nits manufacturing has been an eclectic area of research because of its high strength to weight ratio. It is a preferred choice due\nto its wide applications in automotive industry. Several natural fibers such as jute, sisal, flax and hemp have been used\ndirectly or indirectly with the polymer to form the NFRP. Previous studies are upon how to introduce the natural fiber as the\nreinforcement in polymer composite. Recently instead of natural fibers, cellulose which was the basic structural element of\nnatural fiber has gotten the interest of researchers and engineers as a reinforcement material in cooperating into polymer\nmatrix to form cellulose reinforced polymer composite (CRPC). This investigation aims to develop high performance\nmaterials using cellulose of jute and sisal fibers as reinforcement and epoxy L-12 as matrix. The cellulose from raw jute and\nsisal fiber were extracted using chemical processing and epoxy is taken as matrix. Mechanical characterization was done to\nexamine its tensile, impact and flexural strength at three different proportions of matrix and epoxy. The investigation shows\nthat CRP composite is a promising replacement for NFRP composite in the manufacturing of automotive components due to\nits high strength to weight ratio and hardness. This work may increase the demand of CRPC in automotive industry.

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