Abstract
Abstract Recently, considerable changes in the housing and building construction industries have been taking place. Particularly, wood-based materials, and composite panel products are gaining importance. In this study, cement-based composite were prepared from bagasse and two different types of modifier, namely SAE and AR. Mechanical and physical properties of the composites were studied. Mechanical tests showed that flexural and compression strength of the composites markedly increased with the modifier content, reaching 4.712 and 9.75 MPa when reinforced with NaOH treated fiber and 5 wt% SAE. The addition of modifier into the cement composites proved to be an effective additive for reinforcing the composite. Apart from enhancing the mechanical properties, greening the waste, widespread use of agricultural crops would greatly reduce the impact of construction material use.
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