Thermoset-polymer matrix composite materials of jute and glass fibre reinforcements: Radiation effects determination

S.H. Mahmud; S.C. Das; M.Z.I. Mollah; M.M. Ul-Hoque; K.S. Al-Mugren; M.R.I. Faruque; R. A. Khan

Journal of Materials Research and Technology (Sep 2023)

Thermoset-polymer matrix composite materials of jute and glass fibre reinforcements: Radiation effects determination

S.H. Mahmud,
S.C. Das,
M.Z.I. Mollah,
M.M. Ul-Hoque,
K.S. Al-Mugren,
M.R.I. Faruque,
R. A. Khan

Affiliations

S.H. Mahmud: Department of Textile Engineering, National Institute of Textile Engineering & Research, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
S.C. Das: Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik 2815, Norway
M.Z.I. Mollah: Institute of Radiation and Polymer Technology, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Space Science Centre (ANGKASA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia; Corresponding authors. Space Science Centre (ANGKASA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
M.M. Ul-Hoque: Department of Textile Engineering, National Institute of Textile Engineering & Research, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
K.S. Al-Mugren: Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, 84428 Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
M.R.I. Faruque: Space Science Centre (ANGKASA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia; Corresponding authors. Space Science Centre (ANGKASA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
R. A. Khan: Institute of Radiation and Polymer Technology, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26
pp. 6623 – 6635

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In this work, woven jute and glass fabrics were used as natural fiber and synthetic fiber reinforcements, respectively, and unsaturated polyester resin was used as a thermoset polymer matrix to fabricate jute/polyester and glass/polyester composites via compression molding. As expected, glass/polyester exhibited superior performance than jute/polyester composites in terms of mechanical properties and moisture uptake behavior. Further, both composite laminates were exposed to gamma (γ) irradiation at a dose of 5 kGy to enhance their performance. After γ-irradiation, it was revealed that tensile strength, bending strength, tensile modulus, bending modulus, and impact strength increased by approximately 14, 28, 20, 21, and 13%, respectively, for the case of jute/polyester composites while glass/polyester composites demonstrated 13, 27, 15, 14, and 22% increase of the values, respectively. Further characterization of the composite samples was performed via moisture uptake in water and salt solutions, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Energy Dispersive Spectrum (EDS) analysis.

Published in Journal of Materials Research and Technology

ISSN: 2238-7854 (Print); 2214-0697 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Technology: Mining engineering. Metallurgy
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-materials-research-and-technology/

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