Mechanical, thermal and morphological analysis of hybrid natural and glass fiber-reinforced hybrid resin nanocomposites

In this report, natural fiber mats (cotton, bamboo, and jute) and artificial fiber mat (glass) reinforced with hybrid resin matrix (Lannea Coromandelica plant gum and epoxy) and bentonite nanoclay to form hybrid composites are fabricated by handlay-up compression technique and then analyzed. The structural morphology of tensile fracture in hybrid composites is investigated using the equipment of scanning electron microscope (SEM). Additionally, hybrid resin and hybrid composites are also analyzed by using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The structural effect of nanoclay (2%, 4%, 6%) mixing in hybrid resin (HR) matrix reinforcement in cotton (C/G/C)/bamboo (B/G/B)/jute (J/G/J) fiber mats for finding the tensile properties, flexural properties, impact strength, hardness value, thermal degradation temperature, and water absorption property is investigated in this work. The findings of the abovementioned tests show that the treated C/G/C fiber mats with 4% vol fraction nanoclay mixed in HR matrix resin have superior mechanical properties of the tensile strength (87 MPa), tensile modulus (3701 MPa), flexural strength (274.6 MPa), flexural modulus (4713 MPa), impact strength (5.4 J), and hardness (35.1 MPa) when compared to other hybrid composites, and HR and the results of other tests are narrated completely in this paper.