Experimental investigations on chemically treated artocarpus altilis bark fiber reinforced polyester composites

Abstract

newline The need for materials for numerous technical applications and newlineresource limitations has driven the growth of alternate options in recent years. newlineThe use of traditional resources results in significant energy use, newlinecontamination, substantial production costs, etc. As a result, efforts in the newlineresearch and industrial sectors to create biodegradable, ecologically safe, and newlinesustainable materials with higher performance have increased. The usage of newlinecomposites made from polymers has grown in recent years due to their perfect newlinecharacteristics, such as their low weight, improved resistance to corrosion, newlinesuperior thermal properties, and excellent manufacturing ability in place of newlinemetals. Synthetic fibers are typically used in polymer composite materials. An newlinealternate option is required because of the drawbacks of synthetic fibers, such newlineas their lack of renewable resources, high cost, and hazardous nature, as well newlineas growing environmental consciousness. newlineNatural fibers provide a substitute for synthetic fibers in such newlinecircumstances because they have the advantages of renewable nature, newlinebiodegradability, minimal density, ecological friendliness, weight-to-strength newlineratio, and pseudo-toxicity. Natural fibers are mostly derived from different newlinecomponents of plants, such as stems, roots, bark, leaves, fruits, petioles, newlinestalks, and flowers. They can be harvested from many types of flora, such as newlinegrasses, shrubs, trees, vines, and herbs. In polymer composites, widely newlinerecognized fibers including coir, kenaf, sisal hemp, bamboo, banana, and jute newlinehave been extracted and utilized as reinforcement.