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A novel way of converting waste-enriched composites to lightweight, biodegradable resources: a property analysis

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The present study focuses on fabricating five different composite laminates by hand layup technique comprising flax and basalt fibre reinforced with zinc oxide particles blended with an epoxy polymer matrix to improve its thermal resistance. Various thermal and mechanical properties were analysed. Experimental results revealed that the sample with higher basalt fibre content showed superior results in terms of tensile strength (79 MPa), flexural strength (81 MPa), and impact energy (23 J), thermal conductivity (0.199 W/mK at sample A), and heat deflection temperature (HDT) is 87 °C. However, sample with higher flax fibre content showed superior results in terms of thermal expansion coefficient (CTE) is 3.8 × 10−5 /°C. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) is performed to examine the material degradation and found satisfactory for the proposed hybrid composite. Further, the SEM exposed the morphological analysis of the composite revealed that the bonding among the fibres, fillers, and the matrix are significant. The average of 4% superior results in thermal properties was obtained due to the addition of zinc oxide nanofiller. Sample with higher flax fibre possessed lower thermal conductivity and shall be employed as thermal insulation material.

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Raja, T., Devarajan, Y. A novel way of converting waste-enriched composites to lightweight, biodegradable resources: a property analysis. Biomass Conv. Bioref. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-03872-z

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