Eco-Friendly Reinforced Composites Made from Tamarindus Indica with Epoxy and Bisphenol Resin
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For future generation, to keep the world green, the cognizance on natural fiber increases. The natural fiber-reinforced composites have an advantage of being lightweight, renewable, biodegradable, and cheap, eco-friendly. So there is a need to investigate the potential of natural fibers and their composites, which can be used in highly demanding situations. An attempt has been made in present work to explore the possible use of a variety of wild grown fibers in nature in the development of new composites for load carrying structures. This article is detailed about the extraction process of natural fibers and characterization of natural fiber-reinforced composites. The reinforced composites made by the use of Tamarindus Indica (Tamarind) fibers with epoxy and bisphenol resin. The experimental investigations of the natural fiber composites were carried out by means of Scanning Electron Microscope and the mechanical properties such as tensile, flexural, compression and hardness properties of the composites without chemically treated fibers were reported.
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