Using Corn Fiber Waste as a Reinforced Material for Thermosetting Resin and Studying some of its Mechanical Properties

Abstract

    In this paper corn fiber has been used as a reinforced material that can be defined as agricultural residues that can be recycled and used to strengthen unsaturated polyester resin or other polymeric materials through which low-cost structural segments can be produced with high quality. current research discusses studying the impact of corn fiber reinforcement with volume fractures (2%, 4%, 6%, 8%) for unsaturated polyester resin. The superimposed material was prepared by manual molding at room temperature. Results showed that reinforcement of fiber core material led to enhancement of mechanical properties (Effect and toughness), the highest value of impact strength was recorded at 8% volumetric fracture, which reached (0.58 (KJ/m2), the highest value of hardness at 8% volumetric fracture at 86.3 (N/m2), while tensile strength values decreased with increased reinforcement ratios as stomach samples recorded the lowest value at volume break of 8%, which is 4.47 (MPa).