Mechanical properties of polyester/corn husk fibre composite produced using vacuum infusion technique

Issues pertaining to deforestation, environmental pollution and natural wastes are increasing day by day. These issues can be resolved introducing a new composite material, in which waste is used as fibre replacement of wood plastic composite. The different lengths (3, 6 9 cm) corn husk filled polyester composites were produced using the vacuum infusion method. Several mechanical properties these composites, such tensile flexural properties, evaluated. results revealed that both increased with increment length from 3 cm. However, decreased for cm composites. Similar trends recorded after alkali treatment sodium hydroxide had improved strength (33%), Young’s modulus (23%), elongation (14%), (42%) (8.5%) polyester/corn enhancing interlocking bonding between treated fibres polyester.