Influence of fillers on mechanical properties of prosopis juliflora fiber reinforced hybrid composites

Natural fiber reinforced polymer composites are increasing due to properties like bio-degradability and easily available. The main aim of this paper is to evaluate the influence of filler materials on the mechanical properties of the prosopis juliflora fiber reinforced hybrid composites. Composite samples are fabricated with three different filler materials (CaCO3, TiO2 and Al2O3) with constant weight proportion along with the variation of the fiber weight content. Moreover, composite with Al2O3 filler material attained highest mechanical properties than the other two filler materials. SEM analysis also proved that the bonding between the reinforcements and matrix are uniformly dispersed. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.