@ARTICLE{Selvam_B._Experimental_2024,
 author={Selvam, B. and Balamurugan, G.M. and Gebrehiwot, B.},
 volume={vol. 69},
 number={No 4},
 pages={1457-1465},
 journal={Archives of Metallurgy and Materials},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2024},
 publisher={Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of Polish Academy of Sciences},
 publisher={Committee of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy of Polish Academy of Sciences},
 abstract={Composite materials are synthesized by using natural cellulose fibers with matrix, due to their improved properties. In this work, banana and palm fibers are treated with 2% and 8% NaoH, respectively, for the removal of lignin and hemicelluloses. The hybrid composite was fabricated by using epoxy resin as the matrix and both the fibers as reinforcement through the hand lay-up method. By varying the banana and palm fibers in the range of 5-15% wt. and 7.5-22.5% wt. in the composite of 20% wt. and 30% wt. reinforcement, respectively, The composite consists of 5/15% wt. treated fibers, having more influence on compressive strength of 222.46 MPa and flexural strength of 535 MPa. However, 7.5/22.5% wt. treated composite has a higher impact resistance of 14.6 J and 10/10% treated composite gained a higher water absorption percentage weight of 1.16% at 216 hours. From the experiment, the composite with 5/15% wt. fibers of 20% wt. reinforcement and 80% wt. epoxy is suitable for making kitchen slabs.},
 title={Experimental Characterization of Banana-Palm Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Polymer Composite},
 type={Article},
 URL={http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/133540/AMM-2024-4-25-Balamurugan.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/amm.2024.151415},
 keywords={Composites, Epoxy resin, Banana fiber, Palm fiber, Hand layup techniques},
}