Synthesis and characterization of mechanical properties in cotton fiber-reinforced geopolymer composites
By T. Alomayri, I. Low. 2013
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Abstract Geopolymers are inorganic aluminosilicate materials that possess relatively good mechanical properties and desirable thermal stability but they exhibit failure behavior similar to brittle solids. This limitation may be remedied by fiber reinforcement to improve their strength and toughness. This paper describes the synthesis of cotton fiber-reinforced geopolymer composites and the characterization of their mechanical properties. The effects of cotton fiber content (0–1.0 wt.%) and fiber dispersion on the mechanical characteristics of geopolymer composites have been investigated in terms of hardness, impact strength and compressive strength. A fiber content of 0.5 wt.% was observed for achieving optimum mechanical properties in these composites.
Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Polymers and Plastics
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- Synthesis and mechanical properties of cotton fabric reinforced geopolymer composites (2014, background): “In previous studies [15,16], the authors studied the flexural behaviour of short cotton fibre reinforced geopolymer composites and observed minimum improvement in the flexural strength over that of the unreinforced specimens due to poor dispersion of short cotton fibres in the matrix.”
- An overview on the influence of various factors on the properties of geopolymer concrete derived from industrial by-products (2015, methodology): “In one of those studies, cotton fabric was used to reinforce ASTM class F FA based geopolymer composites [64,81,82].”