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Musa Abiodun Moshood
Ahmadu Bello University
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Polymeric materials are used in different industrial applications because they retain good environmental properties, low-cost, and easy to produce compared to conventional materials. This study investigated the effect of adding kaolin micro-filler (KF) on the mechanical properties of Luffa Fiber (LCF) reinforced polyester resin. Luffa cylindrica fiber treated with 5% NaOH, varied in weight fraction (5, 10, and 15%wt) was used to reinforce unsaturated polyester resin using hand lay-up method, whereas for the hybrid composite kaolin filler were kept constant at 6wt% fraction while the fibers varied as in the mono-reinforced composite. The samples were machined for mechanical and microstructural analysis. Analysis of the result revealed that the addition of kaolin has enhanced greatly the mechanical properties of Luffa-fibre based composites. The result reveal of the microstructure analysis, shows that there is an improvement in fiber-matrix adhesion.
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Luffa cylindrica fiber, Kaolin micro filler, Polymer matrix composite
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Musa Abiodun Moshood
Ahmadu Bello University
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6973-4366
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Polymeric materials are used in different industrial applications because they retain good environmental properties, low-cost, and easy to produce compared to conventional materials. This study investigated the effect of adding kaolin micro-filler (KF) on the mechanical properties of Luffa Fiber (LCF) reinforced polyester resin. Luffa cylindrica fiber treated with 5% NaOH, varied in weight fraction (5, 10, and 15%wt) was used to reinforce unsaturated polyester resin using hand lay-up method, whereas for the hybrid composite kaolin filler were kept constant at 6wt% fraction while the fibers varied as in the mono-reinforced composite. The samples were machined for mechanical and microstructural analysis. Analysis of the result revealed that the addition of kaolin has enhanced greatly the mechanical properties of Luffa-fibre based composites. The result reveal of the microstructure analysis, shows that there is an improvement in fiber-matrix adhesion.
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