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JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages 727-733Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-010-0210-3
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Sisal fibre; Carbon fibre; Unsaturated polyester resin; Hybrid composites; Tensile properties; Flexural properties
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- University Sains Malaysia, Penang [1001/PTEKIND/841020]
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The variation of mechanical properties such as tensile and flexural properties of randomly oriented unsaturated polyester based sisal/carbon fibre reinforced hybrid composites with different fibre weight ratios have been studied. The chemical resistance test of these hybrid composites to various solvents, acids and alkalies were studied. The effect of NaOH treatment of sisal fibres on the tensile, flexural and chemical resistance properties of these sisal/carbon hybrid composites has also been studied. The hybrid composites showed an increase in tensile and flexural properties with increase in the carbon fibre loading. The tensile properties and flexural properties of these hybrid composites have been found to be higher than that of the matrix. Significant improvement in tensile properties and flexural properties of the sisal/carbon hybrid composites has been observed by alkali treatment. The chemical resistance test results showed that these untreated and alkali treated hybrid composites are r,sistance to all chemicals except carbon tetra chloride. Hand lay-up technique was used for making the composites and tests are carried out by using ASTM methods.
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