Mechanical Properties of Maize Stalk Nano-particle Reinforced Epoxy Composites

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dc.contributor.authorAgunsoye, J.O.
dc.contributor.authorBamigbaiye, A.A.
dc.contributor.authorBello, S.A.
dc.contributor.authorHassan, S.B.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-16T16:05:57Z
dc.date.available2020-07-16T16:05:57Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThis study addresses challenges of maize stalk wastes via conversion into nano-particles for producing epoxy composites at different levels of reinforcements. Mechanical tests were conducted on the produced epoxy composites. The result obtained reveals that development of epoxy polymer is synonymous with metallic crystal nucleation and growth. Epoxy composites have composite grains finer than those of the epoxy polymer. The hardness value increased from 2.2 HV of the pristine epoxy polymer to 10.35 and 17.83 HV at 2 wt% UCMSnp and CMSnp additions, respectively. The improvement in the hardness values is equal to about 370 and 710%, respectively; likewise, the tensile strengths. Better mechanical performance of the epoxy/carbonized maize stalk nano-composites than its counterpart containing uncarbonized maize stalk nano-particles is attributed to residual carbon in the carbonized maize stalk nano-particles known with high strength.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAgunsoye, J.O. Bamigbaiye, A.A. Bello, S.A. Hassan, S.B. (2020). Mechanical Properties of Maize Stalk Nano-particle Reinforced Epoxy Composites. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering;en_US
dc.identifier.issn2193-567X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-020-04345-5
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8588
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherArabian Journal for Science and Engineeringen_US
dc.subjectNano-particle · Composite · Maize stalk · Carbonization · Ball millingen_US
dc.titleMechanical Properties of Maize Stalk Nano-particle Reinforced Epoxy Compositesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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