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Preparation, Mechanical Properties and Thermal Analysis of Basalt Fiber Reinforced with Polypropylene (BFRPP) Composites

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Polypropylene considered to be one of the evolving polymers in the locomotive area, besides several investigators primarily concentrating their study on polypropylene composites at present being advantageous in numerous confronting environmental challenges at present situation. The industrial and research applications of composites reinforced with natural fibers have been increased owing to excellent compensations when compared to synthetic fibers. Currently numerous manufacturers in automobile sector concentrate on eco-friendly automobile parts production that can reduce the production cost, besides improved fuel efficiency. The current study is considered based on the fabrication of basalt / polypropylene composite produced through a combined method of hand lay-up techniques. To explore the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the composite thermogravimetric (TGA) analysis was employed. Three-point bending experiment and tensile tests of polypropylene/basalt composites were investigated depending upon the number of basalt fabric layers. The bonding between matrix and basalt fiber at the interface is superior as revealed through SEM and EDX microscopy. The thermal resistance of basalt fibers were optimum at temperature range of 30–900 °C as found through thermogravimetric analysis.

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    S. Vijayabhaskar, T. Rajmohan & Vemuri Subramanya Somnath Sarma

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Vijayabhaskar, S., Rajmohan, T., Nirmal, U., Somnath Sarma, V.S. (2022). Preparation, Mechanical Properties and Thermal Analysis of Basalt Fiber Reinforced with Polypropylene (BFRPP) Composites. In: Palanikumar, K., Thiagarajan, R., Latha, B. (eds) Bio-Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials. Composites Science and Technology . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8899-7_15

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