Abstract
Every day, every second in different part of the world, new class of environmental friendly greener materials like natural fiber reinforced polymer composites with superior properties are being produced in order to improve livelihoods of people. In this study, untreated, alkali treated, potassium permanganate treated, benzoyl chloride treated and acrylic acid treated areca fiber reinforced natural rubber composites were fabricated by using heat press machine under 40%, 50%, 60% and 70% fiber loadings at a compounding temperature of 130 o C. The aim of this research work is to study the influence of chemical treatments on the tensile strength of areca fiber reinforced natural rubber composites. The investigation of tensile strength of untreated and all chemically treated areca fiber reinforced natural rubber composites was done by following ASTM standard procedures. It is observed that with increase in fiber loading up to 60%, the tensile strength of untreated and all chemically treated areca fiber reinforced natural rubber composites were increased and then, they showed a decline. Further, amongst all untreated and chemically treated areca fiber reinforced natural rubber composites, the highest tensile strength was shown by acrylic acid treated areca fiber reinforced natural rubber composites with 60% fiber loading.
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