INTRODUCTION TEST CONDUCTED:

•Through ages, Man have became more innovative in discovering

new materials like composites by using cost & weight reduction
techniques for better performance in the field.
Mechanical properties:
•Innovation is taking the lead in introducing composite materials. Tensile strength & Tensile modulus
•Polymer composites attract the attention in the view of low Compression strength & Compression modulus
density, high load bearing capacity and superior mechanical and Flexural strength & Flexural modulus
Hardness test: EXTENSOMETER PIN ON DISC TEST RIG
tribological characterstics .
•Extensive work in this even reported. Shore D hardness
•Composites are having the advantages of having overall Tribological test:
properties much superior compared to those of the individual Slide wear and Friction
components.
•Composites find extensive applications in automotive, space,
aviation, energy, railway sectors. Results
•Different matrices ,reinforcment and fillers have been reported,
but the use of betel nut powder as filler in a polymer matrix is less
reported.

OBJECTIVES
•Synthesis and evaluation of polymer matrix ( PC & ABS Matrix)
with Kevlar short fibers (0.5mm length) and Naturally available
Betal nut powder (particle size 180 microns) and MoS2 as filler
materials.
•Establishment of correlation of mechanical and tribological
properties of betel nut powder based composites.
•Data analysis, Interpretation and Publication .

METHODOLOGY
Materials:
Polymer matrix
Commercial grade Polycarbonate ( density 1.2g/cm3).
Acrylonitrile Butadienestyrene[ABS] ( density 1.07g/cm3).

Reinforcement & filler

Kevlar short fibers (0.5mm length) as reinforcement.
Betal nut powder (180 microns) and MoS2 (1%) as filler
materials.

COMPOSITE PREPRATION
•The kevlar fibers are chopped to the length of 0.5-0.6mm.
•Then the betel nut powder and kevlar strands are coated with
10% of Silane in the Ethanol solution and they are dried for
obtain better bond strength.
• The materials are blended at 160 degree celsius in a
“BRABENDER” blending machine.
•The composites are prepared using compression moulding
technique with the help of a die at a pressure of 60 bar and temp
210 degree celsius to get a plate of size 150 x 150 x 3 mm
thickness.

Observations
•The tensile strength for 10% betal nut powder composition
has increased, but for 18% with of betal nut powder to the
matrix the strength has decreased and it has further decreased
for 25% betel nut powder to the matrix.
•The reason for the decrease in the tensile strength may be
attributed to the poor interfacial fiber and filler material
interaction and addition characteristics. This has to be proved
using SEM tool has one would be able to see the debonding
of the fibre and the filler material.
•The same explanation holds good for the other two cases i.e
compression strength and flexural strength has similar trends
in the value have been noticed in these two cases as in the
case of tensile strength.
•It is very well seen from the bar chart that, the lowest wear
loss is observed for pc6 and highest wear loss is seen for pc1.
Conclusion
• The following important conclusion are drawn from
the work.
•Pc6 exhibit the lowest wear loss (i.e highest wear
resistance) , where as Pc1 shows the highest wear loss
(i.e lowest wear resistance) the other samples are in
between these two samples.
•The addition of betel nut powder of 25% to polymer
matrix has the advantage of improving the strength
and percentage of elongation compared to 18% betel
nut powder added to the polymer matrix. The COF
decreased in increase in percentage of betel nut
powder (i.e from 10%-25%).
•Depending upon the properties, the components finds
approximate use in the fields especially for automotive
application.