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Optimization of Human Hair Length in a Natural Rubber Based Composite

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Human hair is a non-biodegradable waste available in plenty throughout the world but is rarely explored for applications in engineering fields. Tensile strength of human hair ranges from 170 to 220 MPa (Xiao et al., Nano Tensile Study Single Hum Hair Fiber, 2006). This property of human hair can be made use in the field of making bio-composites. The composite is prepared by commixing the human hair and natural rubber in a two roll mill along with additives followed by vulcanization. Here the length of the human hair is varied by fine-tuning the fibre loading as 20 parts per hundred rubber and sundry tests like tensile, abrasion, tear and hardness were conducted. While incrementing the fibre length up to a certain range the mechanical properties shows superior amendments.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the funding support from Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC). We express our gratitude to Mr. Arjunan Pillai, Assistant Director (training), Prevalent facility accommodation centre, Changanassery, Kottayam, India, for providing the experimental set up and testing facilities. We additionally thank Dr. Ho-Sung Kim, Mr. Deepu J. Babu and Mr. Thomaskutty Jose for their suggestions.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirapally, India

    Richu J. Babu, Sony Mathew, Sharon Rony Jacob & Jibin C. Jacob

  2. Department of Basic Sciences, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirapally, India

    Richu J. Babu, Sony Mathew, Sharon Rony Jacob & Soney C. George

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Babu, R.J., Mathew, S., Jacob, S.R. et al. Optimization of Human Hair Length in a Natural Rubber Based Composite. Trans Indian Inst Met 68 (Suppl 1), 87–90 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-015-0614-9

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