Effect of Short Banana Fiber on Hardness and Tensile Properties of Natural Rubber Composites

Abstract:

Banana fiber (BF) was utilized as a reinforcing filler for natural rubber (NR). BF/NR composites containing banana fiber contents of 5, 10, and 15 parts per hundred parts of rubber (phr) were mixed on a two-roll mill machine. The hardness, tensile properties of BF/NR composites were studied. It was found that the hardness and moduli of BF/NR composites are higher than that of NR. Despite tensile strength and strain at break of BF/NR composite lower than NR. Moreover, hardness and moduli of BF/NR composites increased, while tensile strength and strain at break decreased with the increase in banana fiber content. Thus, banana fiber exhibited improvement in the stiffness significantly of NR composites

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 904)
• Pages: 232-236
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.904.232
• Online since: November 2021
• Authors: Thapanee Wongpreedee*, Chana Prapruddivongs, Nanthaya Kengkhetkit
• Keywords: Banana Fiber, Mechanical Properties, Natural Fiber, Natural Rubber, Natural Rubber Composite

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