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EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE (FLYASH) TO ENHANCE THE PROPERTIES OF POLYMER COMPOSITES FOR MECHANICAL COMPONENTS

Abstract

Particulate filled polymer composites, exhibit good mechanical and tribological properties when they are compounded properly. Nylon 66 is mostly opted engineering polymer due to its good mechanical properties. Flyash is very much sought –after filler for any matrix in recent years. This article reports on the investigations on nylon 66 reinforced with flyash in 5 to 25 % weight fraction increasing in steps of 5%. Flyash filled nylon composites were compounded in a twin screw extruder. The tensile, impact , flexural, compression strength and wear samples in accordance with ASTM standards were produced in 60 ton L&T injection moulding machine. The flyash filled nylon 66 composites showed enhanced mechanical and tribological properties. SEM observations revealed good adhesion and uniform dispersion of flyash with matrix in general and in lower weight concentrations in particular.

V.L. RAJA , A. KUMARAVEL , M. RAMESH AND T. KARTHIKEYAN

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