Mechanical characterization of polymer composite reinforced with Bio-fillers

In order to attain environmental protection, organic composite materials are increasingly replacing plastics. The goal of this study was to create composites by using discarded tamarind seed powder (TP) as a bio-filler reinforcement material into an epoxy-based polymer matrix. The epoxy-based polymer composites were fabricated by altering the filler proportions from 10 to 20% by the weight of epoxy matrix. A computerized universal testing machine (CUTM) had been used to assess the impact of reinforced TP content on the mechanical characteristics (tensile, flexural and impact strength) of the polymer composites. The mechanical characteristics of the polymer composite was considerably climbed-up as the bio-filler content increased from 10% to 40% and unexpectedly dropped at the weight fraction of 50% TP in composite, according to the experiments. The extreme tensile, flexural and impact strength of the TP bio-filler reinforced polymer composite was reported at the weight fraction of 40% TP in epoxy, and the attained values were 15 MPa, 20 MPa and 25 MPa, respectively.