International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research
Table 1 Comparative tensile, bending, impact and hardness property of unreinforced PP sheet and composites
Materials | Tensile properties | Bending properties | Impact strength | Hardness (Shore-A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS (MPa) | TM (MPa) | EB (%) | BS (MPa) | BM (MPa) | IS (kJ/m2) | ||
Polypropylene | 20.6 ± 0.9 | 498 ± 8 | 370 ± 7 | 35.3 ± 1.2 | 1.9 ± 0.3 | 4.51 ± 0.2 | 92 ± 0.5 |
Okra/PP | 32.2 ± 0.8 | 602 ± 10 | 9.8 ± 0.2 | 55.6 ± 1.1 | 3.6 ± 0.4 | 19.54 ± 0.3 | 95 ± 0.5 |
Jute/PP | 35.5 ± 0.7 | 629 ± 7 | 13.4 ± 0.4 | 71.4 ± 1.4 | 4.5 ± 0.2 | 21.48 ± 0.4 | 96 ± 0.5 |