Experimental investigation of mechanical, thermal, DMA analysis and morphological analysis on Abaca / Hemp / Kenaf reinforced with Anogeissus latifolia blender polyester nanocomposites

Nanocomposites are the combination of fibers, resin and nanofillers, and it is indeed the promising materials for many industrial applications. In the present study, the reinforcement Anogeissus latifolia (AL) gum powder of 40% is mixed with polyester (P) of 60% to produce unique hybrid polyester (ALP) resin matrix, the same is feeded with three different volume fractions of 1%, 3% and 5% Fly Ash Nano Powder (FANP) as a binding agent. These compositions applied on Abaca (AB), hemp (HE) and kenaf (KE) mats to produce the individual three layers composite fibers. The findings of dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) shows that natural fiber materials with three different volume fractions (1%, 2% and 3%) mixing in each composition impregnated ALP resin have improved the stiffness compared to hybrid ALP resin. Damping factor (Tan delta) is observed to be least in AB/HE/KE mats for three different volume fractions nano powder feeding in each composition impregnated ALP resin as compared to hybrid ALP resin. The tensile strength, hardness and impact strength of raw AB fiber mats with 3% nano powder mixing in HR composites has reached the maximum value of 49.2 MPa, 17.4 BHN and 0.83 J. The improvements were 25%, 19% and 28% for the tensile, hardness and impact strengths, respectively.