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Characterization of Epoxy Composites Reinforced by Waste Bio-Fibers | ||
| Iraqi Journal of Applied Physics | ||
| Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 15-18 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Bushra H. Musa; Ban A. Yousif | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This research focuses on using animal waste bio- fibers which obtained from chicken as reinforcement in a thermoset resin as (epoxy) at 5% volume fraction using hand lay-up method at room temperature. Short chicken feather fibers (CFF) were treated chemically in 0.5 Normality by sodium hydroxide. Some of properties were studied such as: modulus of rigidity, wear rate and thermal conductivity for composites. The result showed that reinforcement and chemical treatment improve modulus of rigidity and thermal conductivity compared with untreated fiber composites and pure epoxy and wear rate decreased with increasing sliding time for all samples. This study shows that the animal waste fibers can be useful reinforcement in many application industries. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Epoxy; Chicken feather fibers; Wear; rigidity | ||
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