INVESTIGATIVE COMPARISON OF JUTE-POLYPROPYLENE AND WOOD FLOUR-POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES

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Gokul V. Mahajan1, Dr. Nikhil J. Rathod2

Vol 18, No 11 ( 2023 )   |  Licensing: CC 4.0   |   Pg no: 24-32   |   Published on: 11-11-2023

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Abstract
The present study aims at learning the fabrication and mechanical behavior of hybrid natural fiber composites. Specimens are cut from the fabricated laminate according to the ASTM standards for different experiments. Short jute fiber reinforced polypropylene PP-based composites (50% fiber by weight) were fabricated using compression molding and the mechanical properties such as tensile strength, tensile modulus, % elongation at break, flexural strength, flexural modulus, impact strength, heat deflection temperature, and flammability of the composites were to be evaluated. Then wood flour reinforced PP-based composites (50% fiber by weight) were fabricated and all mechanical properties were compared with short jute-based composites. Short jute-based composites showed excellent mechanical properties comparable to wood stock-based composites.

Keywords:
Jute-PP, Wood flour-PP, Compression molding, composites

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