Caracterização mecânica de Compósitos híbridos de resina poliéster reforçada com fibras de Babaçu (Orrbignya speciosa) e particulados argilosos

Abstract

In order to meet the high demand of environmentally friendly materials and lead to a greater variety of processes in the area of composites through the viability and recovery of natural resources and from the Amazon region, we decided to produce a composite using unsaturated polyester resin, clay and long fibers derived from casing the hull of babassu concept, was the main objective was recovery of raw materials from the region. The process was based on mixing the resin with the clay and the fibers forming plates for the preparation of the samples containing maquert of 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%. Thus, the tests performed after it became clear that the hybrid composite provide a promising use as material with a high potential for technological application and a great ecological and economic viability. To study the mechanical properties, the bending strenght tests, and microhardness analysis of the surface morphology by scanning electron microscopy were parformeq. Thus, the results showed that the composite fiber clay babassu fibers shawad great potential as reinforcement in polyester resin.