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Abstract
Coconut coir and rice husk are abundantly available in nature with the very low cost, and rice husk is an agricultural waste,
which is thrown away by the industry. The development of natural fiber composites from coconut coir and rice husk powder will
reduce agriculture waste and increases its usable value. Composite specimens were prepared according to the ASTM standards
with three different weight fractions of fiber, filler, and epoxy (5:15:80, 10:10:80, and 15:5:80) and conducted some mechanical
tests such as impact test and hardness test and water absorption behaviour. From the results it was found that, the mechanical
properties of untreated coir fiber and rice husk powder composites are more as compared to treated coir fiber and rice husk
powder composites, but in the case of water absorption property.
Keywords: Rice Husk, Coconut Coir, Natural Composites, Epoxy Composites, Mechanical Properties, Water
Absorption Behaviour.
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1. INTRODUCTION
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0.15-0.25
40-45
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100
Then the sample was again soaked in water, and this process
was repeated after every 24 h for 264 h (11 days). A graph is
plotted between % water absorption and number of days.
80%
15%
05%
Where,
C05 R15- coir 5% and rice husk 15%
C10 R10- coir 10% and rice husk 10%
C15 R05- coir 15% and rice husk 05%
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6. TESTS CONDUCTED
6.1 Mechanical Tests
0.025
0.02
0.015
C5% R15%
0.01
C10% R10%
0.005
Untreated Treated
C15% R5%
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Hadness value
46
44
42
40
C5% R15%
38
C10% R10%
36
34
C15% R5%
Untreated
Treated
8. CONCLUSIONS
Chart -3:Comparison
Comparison of moisture absorption property of
untreated and treated coir fiber in distil water
The Un-treated
treated composite specimen with the
combination of Coir 05% Rice husk powder 15%
composition exhibits higher impact strength as compared
to other untreated and treated compositions.
The Un-treated
treated composite specimen
specime
with the
combination of Coir 05% Rice husk 15% composition
exhibits higher hardness value as compared other
compositions.
The treated composites exhibits higher water absorption
resistance as compared to untreated composites.
Finally it is concluded that untreated composite
specimens exhibit better mechanical properties as
compared to fiber treated composites, but fiber treated
composites exhibits better water absorption resistance.
REFERENCES
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BIOGRAPHIES
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