The Study of Kenaf/E-Glass Fibre Content on Mechanical Properties of Biopolymer Cashew Nut Shell Liquid/Epoxy Matrix Blended Composites

Abstract

Kenaf naturally extracted fibre is more attractive as alternative fibre reinforcement for natural composite products due to lower economical cost, impact on environments, and better mechanical characteristics. The biodegradable resin of cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) is as good binding agent between fibre surfaces, and also better compatibility with synthetic derived epoxy resin and it is reinforced to Kenaf/E-glass fibre composite materials. These composite materials consist of Kenaf/E-glass fibre as reinforcement material and CNSL/Epoxy resin as matric material. These natural composites are processed by hand lay-up traditional method process. The samples were fabricated along different kinds of varying the blending ratio of CNSL/epoxy resin. The testing specimens of samples were prepared as per ASTM standards to examine experiment values. From experimental obtained results, it has been esteem acquired that the Kenaf/E-glass strands fibre fortified mixed of CNSL/Epoxy resin composites showed prevalent properties, when contrasted with the hybrid of fibre natural composites.