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Utilization of industrial waste in producing natural fiber reinforced green composites

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Physics, G N Khalsa College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Matunga, Mumbai- 400 019, India
  • 2Polymer Physics Lab, Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India

Res. J. Material Sci., Volume 7, Issue (3), Pages 7-12, September,16 (2019)

Abstract

Oil-palm fibers (OPF) were treated with acrylic acid and Toulene Diisocynate (TDIC) and were used as reinforcement in resin matrix. Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) was used to evaluate activation energy of crystallization, crystallization temperature and glass transition temperature. Rate of crystallization has been explained using the term thermal stability. Thermal diffusivity and effective thermal conductivity (ETC) of the composites was measured by Transient Plane Source Technique (TPS). A comparative study of model and experimental results has been done. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has been used for Surface study of composites.

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