Effect of surface treatment and fiber loading on the physical, mechanical, sliding wear, and morphological characteristics of tasar silk fiber waste-epoxy composites for multifaceted biomedical and engineering applications: fabrication and characterizations

• Main Authors: Ranakoti, Lalit, Gangil, Brijesh, Rajesh, Pawan Kumar, Singh, Tej, Sharma, Shubham, Li, Changhe, Ilyas, R. A., Mahmoud, Omar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Editora Ltda 2022
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/103414/1/AhmadIlyasRushdan2022_EffectofSurfaceTreatmentandFiberLoading.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/103414/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.06.024
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

In the present study, waste of tasar silk fiber was used as reinforcement in the epoxy resin. Tasar silk fiber waste (TSFW) was pre-treated with NaOH coupling agent before reinforcing it with epoxy matrix. Treated and untreated TSFW-epoxy composites were made using the compression moulding technique...