Abstract
In this chapter, glass fiber and palm oil fiber were selected as synthetic and natural reinforcements, respectively, for polyester composites. A hand lay-up technique was adopted in order to fabricate a chopped strand, mat glass fiber-reinforced polyester composite (FRPC). Meanwhile, a closed compressed mold was used to fabricate palm oil fiber-reinforced polyester (PORP) composites. Two PORP composites were developed based on untreated or treated (with 6% NaOH) palm oil fibers. These have been denoted UT-PORP and T-PORP composites, respectively. In addition, a neat polyester material was prepared to investigate the effect of each fiber on its tribo-performance.
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