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Agave lechuguilla Torrey fiber as reinforcement of polyester resin

✍ Scribed by Aníbal Velásquez-Martínez; Alberto Díaz-Díaz; Claudia Alejandra Hernández-Escobar; Erasto Armando Zaragoza-Contreras

Publisher
Society for Plastic Engineers
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
707 KB
Volume
32
Category
Article
ISSN
0272-8397

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Abstract

This study was aimed to evaluate the application of lechuguilla fiber (Agave lechuguilla Torrey), with no treatment, as reinforcement of polyester resin. Mechanical assays and pull‐out tests were performed on specimens of one fiber and strands of 10 fibers and on lechuguilla fiber/polyester composites and polyester matrix alone. The results indicated that there was no important improvement in composite rigidity, as the Young's modulus in both the fiber and the polyester resin were similar; however, an important improvement in composite resistance, in respect to the matrix alone, attributed to a good interfacial adherence fiber‐matrix, was observed. POLYM. COMPOS., 2011. © 2011 Society of Plastics Engineers

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