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Natural fiber composite materials are the class of polymer composite material in which the fibers which are abundantly available in nature are used as the reinforcing material. A polymer material is used as the matrix. The characteristics of this class of materials are in par with the synthetic fiber composite materials. This has attracted the budding researchers and entrepreneurs toward this class of composite materials. In this work, composite material is fabricated in which flax fiber and cotton fiber are reinforced with epoxy resin. The selected reinforcement and the polymeric matrix were fused together in a compression molding setup. The cotton and flax fibers were weaved as a single fabric mat with the cotton fiber along the warp side and flax fiber along the weft side. Number of layers of the fiber in the composite material depends on the thickness of the sample as prescribed by the ASTM standards. The fabricated samples were destructively tested to have a quantitative measure of the material behavior during tension, bending and impact conditions. Analysis of the interfacial region was carried out with the help of scanning electron microscopy.
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Sailesh, A., Palanikumar, K. (2021). Mechanical Properties of Flax-Cotton Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites. In: Thomas, S., Balakrishnan, P. (eds) Green Composites. Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9643-8_15
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