Engin, Kaan Emre Adıyaman Üniversitesi - Teknoloji Fakültesi, Turkey , Koyuncu, Turhan Adıyaman Üniversitesi - Teknoloji Fakültesi, Turkey , Lüle, Fuat Adıyaman Üniversitesi - Teknoloji Fakültesi, Turkey

Production of different composite materials and determination of some technicalproperties

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In this study, five different natural reinforce materials as flax fiber, corn stalk, sunflower stalk, reedmace,barley straw and two different synthetic reinforce materials as glass fibers and carbon fibers with different ratios (2.5 g fiber/72.5 g PE, 5 g fiber/70 g PE, 7.5 g fiber/67.5 g PE and 10 g fiber/65 g PE) were placed inside high density polyethylene matrix to produce fiber reinforced composite. No chemical pretreatmentwere made to the fibers or the matrix. Composite laminate sheets were produced by compression molding process, then tensile tests and heat tests were conducted. Results show that; tensile strengths of thecomposite samples are lower than unreinforced polyethylene but corn stalk, sunflower stalk and reedmacereinforced sample’s tensile strengths are very close to the composite samples reinforced with glass andcarbon fibers. Furthermore most composites show lower deformation against high temperature thanunreinforced polyethylene.

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Composite material , High density polyethylene , Natural fibers , Synthetic fibers

Anadolu Journal Of Agricultural Sciences

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