Mechanical and degradation characteristics of natural silk fiber reinforced gelatin composites

Silk reinforced gelatin based composites were prepared by compression molding. The fiber content in the composite was 20 wt.%. Tensile strength (TS), tensile modulus (TM), bending strength (BS), bending modulus (BM), impact strength (IS) and hardness of the composites were found 44.5 MPa, 0.65 GPa,...

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Main Authors: Shubhra, Quazi T.H., A. K. M., Moshiul Alam, Beg, M. D. H.
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author Shubhra, Quazi T.H.
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description Silk reinforced gelatin based composites were prepared by compression molding. The fiber content in the composite was 20 wt.%. Tensile strength (TS), tensile modulus (TM), bending strength (BS), bending modulus (BM), impact strength (IS) and hardness of the composites were found 44.5 MPa, 0.65 GPa, 63 MPa, 3.7 GPa, 5.1 kJ/m2 and 96 shore A respectively. The environmental effect on composite was observed by simulating weathering test and the composite lost 15.2% TS at the end of 30 h of the weathering testing period. The biodegradation test shows that the composite degrades very quickly and losses 52.1% weight at the end of 24 h. Morphological analysis was carried out to observe fracture behaviour and fiber pullout of the samples.
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spelling ump-450492025-07-10T00:39:56Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/45049/ Mechanical and degradation characteristics of natural silk fiber reinforced gelatin composites Shubhra, Quazi T.H. A. K. M., Moshiul Alam Beg, M. D. H. TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology Silk reinforced gelatin based composites were prepared by compression molding. The fiber content in the composite was 20 wt.%. Tensile strength (TS), tensile modulus (TM), bending strength (BS), bending modulus (BM), impact strength (IS) and hardness of the composites were found 44.5 MPa, 0.65 GPa, 63 MPa, 3.7 GPa, 5.1 kJ/m2 and 96 shore A respectively. The environmental effect on composite was observed by simulating weathering test and the composite lost 15.2% TS at the end of 30 h of the weathering testing period. The biodegradation test shows that the composite degrades very quickly and losses 52.1% weight at the end of 24 h. Morphological analysis was carried out to observe fracture behaviour and fiber pullout of the samples. Elsevier Ltd 2011 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/45049/1/Mechanical%20and%20degradation%20characteristics%20of%20natural%20silk%20fiber.pdf Shubhra, Quazi T.H. and A. K. M., Moshiul Alam and Beg, M. D. H. (2011) Mechanical and degradation characteristics of natural silk fiber reinforced gelatin composites. Materials Letters, 65 (2). pp. 333-336. ISSN 0167-577X. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2010.09.059 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2010.09.059
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TP Chemical technology
Shubhra, Quazi T.H.
A. K. M., Moshiul Alam
Beg, M. D. H.
Mechanical and degradation characteristics of natural silk fiber reinforced gelatin composites
title Mechanical and degradation characteristics of natural silk fiber reinforced gelatin composites
title_full Mechanical and degradation characteristics of natural silk fiber reinforced gelatin composites
title_fullStr Mechanical and degradation characteristics of natural silk fiber reinforced gelatin composites
title_full_unstemmed Mechanical and degradation characteristics of natural silk fiber reinforced gelatin composites
title_short Mechanical and degradation characteristics of natural silk fiber reinforced gelatin composites
title_sort mechanical and degradation characteristics of natural silk fiber reinforced gelatin composites
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TP Chemical technology
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