Fabrication of (unsaturated polyester / carrot fibers) gel coat with high impact and compressive strengths

Widad Hamdi Jassim; Aveen Ansaif Jassim; Hatem Taha

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/3028/1/012025

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Sun Jun 01 2025

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Journal Of Physics: Conference Series

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3028

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10.1088/1742-6596/3028/1/012025

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Fabrication of (unsaturated polyester / carrot fibers) gel coat with high impact and compressive strengths

Widad Hamdi Jassim

Aveen Ansaif Jassim

Hatem Taha

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AbstractDue to the low cost of both unsaturated polyester resin and the plant fibers along with protect of the environment, the wasted Carrot fibers were employed in this study to strengthen and color the resin. Carrot peels powders have been incorporated with unsaturated polyester/ natural fibers (UPE/C.F) gel coats to form a good candidate with good mechanical behaviors in different industrial applications. The wasted carrot peels fibers, were dried, crashed and milled into micro particles sizes (2.5% microns) to improve the mechanical properties (impact energy, Compressive load and Elastic Modulus) of unsaturated polyester. Micro carrot fibers (C.F) have been loaded to unsaturated fibers at (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5%) weight percentages using the (hand- lay) technique. The impact and compressive strength were measured using the impact Charpy and the universal compression test machine, respectively. The results show that the sample with (4%) carrot peels fibers has the highest of both the resistance to impact and compression forces. The impact energy was improved from (0.28 Joule) for pristine UPE to (0.39 Joule) for (UPE/4% C.F) composite. Also, the elastic modulus has been improved from (4.3 GPa) for (UPE) to (4.8 GPa) for (UPE/4%C. F). By applying the compressive force in the range of (1000 – 6000) N, the (UPE/ 4% C.F) sample shows the highest elasticity. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of the fractured surface of unsaturated polyester reinforced with carrot fibers have been used for interpretation the mechanical properties.

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Publication Date

Tue Jan 18 2022

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Materials Science Forum

The Effect of Gamma Radiation on the Manufactured HgBa2Ca2Cu2.4Ag0.6O8+δ Compound

Gamma doses radiation

crystal size

strain

degree of crystallinity

Scherrer

crystallinity and Williamson equations.

zainab j

Balqees A.

Mohammed A.

Kareem A.

Auday H.

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In this article four samples of HgBa₂Ca₂Cu_2.4Ag_0.6O_8+δ were prepared and irradiated with different doses of gamma radiation 6, 8 and 10 Mrad. The effects of gamma irradiation on structure of HgBa₂Ca₂Cu_2.4Ag_0.6O_8+δ samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction. It was concluded that there effect on structure by gamma irradiation. Scherrer, crystallization, and Williamson equations were applied based on the X-ray diffraction diagram and for all gamma doses, to calculate crystal size, strain, and degree of crystallinity. I

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