Abstract
Biopolymers are eco-friendly substitute materials to synthetic polymers due to their abundant resource, biodegradability, and ease of processing. In recent years biopolymer-based polymers attracted many researchers because of cost, lightweight, and recyclability. One of the most promising biopolymers used in many applications such as food, packaging, and medical and pharmaceutical industries is Polylactic Acid (PLA). Polymer scientists in the last decade widely investigated. Biopolymer is going to replace many synthetic materials. Desired properties of biopolymer can be obtained by blending with various additives. This research aims to reduce the dependence of synthetic polymer by reinforcing PLA in an Epoxy matrix. The Percentage of PLA is varied from 10 to 50% in a step of 10% using Solution Casting Technique. The mechanical, Functional (FTIR), thermal properties are investigated. The Epoxy and PLA composites with 20% PLA has shown improvement in Tensile strength compared to 10 and 30%.
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