Waste Coir Nanofiller Fused Gallus-Gallus Fibres Reinforced PMC

Vijayan, V, Sathish, T, Saravanan, R, Kumar, K ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8580-9236, Jadhav, GK ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8175-516X, Sharun, V ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5371-2410, Elangovan, R, Chellamuthu, K, Singh, M and Teklemariam, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3807-3849 (2023) Waste Coir Nanofiller Fused Gallus-Gallus Fibres Reinforced PMC. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2023. 2391166. ISSN 1687-8434

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Abstract

This research aims to increase the utility of globally and abundantly available waste natural fibres of Gallus-Gallus fibres coir waste from mattress and car seat manufacturing factories. The composite samples were prepared with a rally round of polyester resin of grade GP500 bio-epoxy by synthesizing specially treated Gallus-Gallus fibres selectively used for reinforcement and characterizing them through static and dynamic mechanical analyses to identify their wide range of applicability. The Gallus-Gallus fibres are preprocessed with sodium oxidative and a half per cent of potassium manganate (VII) chemical solution. The selective use includes 5 mm, 10 mm, 15 mm, and 20 mm length of the Gallus-Gallus fibre, and the quantity of reinforcement was 10%, 20%, and 30%. Five alternate layers of matrix and fibres, with vertical and horizontal orientation, are considered; 12 different samples of Gallus-Gallus fibres reinforced polyester polymer composites and a neat polyester composites were synthesized and characterized for moisture absorbability, tensile strength, tensile modulus, flexural strength, flexural modulus, wear resistance, and outperformed composites were included in microscopic examination and dynamic Mmchanical analysis. The interesting results are the preferred resin, supported for good surface finish, interface bonding, and totally in the enhancement of Composite properties. The composites are strong in tension (760.89 MPa) and sufficiently flexible (flexural modulus 5441.32 MPa), absorbed less moisture (5.8 g), high wear-resistant (least weight loss upon abrasion with a value of 0.1989 g), secured good results in dynamic analysis, and ensured homogeneous distribution of fibres in the matrix through a scanning electron microscopy image. The composites CPPC10, CPPC11, and CPPC12 performed well but composite CPPC12 outperformed.