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Natural fibers are abundantly available in nature. The utilization of natural resources is highly useful as compared to the synthetic fibers. The increase of awareness toward the environmental protection leads the researchers to focus toward the naturally available resources such as natural fiber especially from plant. So, there is a need for making composite panel with lightweight and lower cost. In this study, acetic acid-treated banana fiber-reinforced epoxy composites are manufactured by using press. The banana fiber is pretreated with NAOH and sodium hypochlorite (50:50) followed by acetic acid. The mechanical properties of the composites are analyzed by universal testing machine. The results indicated that mechanical properties are higher at 40% of volume fraction. The optimized composite material is used in various commercial and household appliances.
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Ronald Aseer, J., Renold Elsen, S., Sankaranarayanasamy, K. (2022). Experimental Investigation on Properties of Acetic Acid-Treated Banana Fiber Polymer Composites. In: Natarajan, S.K., Prakash, R., Sankaranarayanasamy, K. (eds) Recent Advances in Manufacturing, Automation, Design and Energy Technologies. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4222-7_15
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