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DOI: 10.1177/0731684404031463 © 2004 SAGE Publications Tensile Properties of Epoxy Coated Natural Fabric Hildegardia Populifolia
Department of Polymer Science and Technology Sri Krishnadevaraya University Anantapur 515 003, India
Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou 510650, P.R. China The natural fabric from the tree of Hildegardia populifolia was coated with epoxy and its tensile strength, elastic modulus, and the percent elongation at break were determined. The effect of sodium hydroxide and a silane coupling agent on the tensile properties of the fabric was also studied. It was observed that the tensile properties increased on alkali treatment but decreased when the silane based coupling agent was used.
Key Words: H. populifolia fabric epoxy tensile strength elastic modulus alkali treatment
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