About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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Symposium
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Characterization of Minerals, Metals and Materials
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Presentation Title |
Thermal Characterization of Epoxy Matrix Composites Reinforced with Babassu Fibers (Attalea speciosa) |
Author(s) |
Yago Soares Chaves, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Lucio Fabio Cassiano Nascimento, Raí Felipe Pereira Junio, Lucas De Mendonça Neuba, Foluke Salgado De Assis, Thais Gonçalves Gajo, Wendell Bruno Almeida Bezerra, Matheus Pereira Ribeiro |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Yago Soares Chaves |
Abstract Scope |
The growing concern with sustainable development has inspired the increase in research on alternative, environment-friendly materials. Among all the studied materials, one that stands out in applications in polymeric composites are the natural lignocellulosic fibers (NLFs) that demonstrate good properties compared to synthetic fibers. The NLFs have advantages over synthetic fibers as low density and low price but have disadvantages such as their limited thermal performance. Thus, the present study seeks to analyze the thermal properties in the use of babassu fiber (Attalea speciosa) as reinforcement to produce epoxy matrix composites. For the first time, these fibers were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The thermal analysis of the babassu fibers revealed that the degradation of the fibers at the temperature of 37.8°C with a 13.6% reduction of the fiber mass and between 205° to 382° C with a 69.9% degradation of the babassu fiber mass. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
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Keywords |
Composites, Characterization, Other |