Studies on Dry Sliding Wear and Solid Particle Erosive Wear Behaviours of Natural Fibre Composite Developed from Water Hyacinth Aquatic Plant for Automotive Application

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Properties</td><td class="align_center">Epoxy resin</td><td class="align_center">Water hyacinth fibre</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Density (g/cm<sup>3</sup>)</td><td class="align_center">1.12</td><td class="align_center">1.02</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Tensile strength (MPa)</td><td class="align_center">34</td><td class="align_center">3.15</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Tensile modulus (GPa)</td><td class="align_center">3.4</td><td class="align_center">1.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Elongation (%)</td><td class="align_center">2.24</td><td class="align_center">3.7</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Mechanical properties of epoxy resin and water hyacinth plant fibre.</div>

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Table 1: Studies on Dry Sliding Wear and Solid Particle Erosive Wear Behaviours of Natural Fibre Composite Developed from Water Hyacinth Aquatic Plant for Automotive Application 

Table 1 | Studies on Dry Sliding Wear and Solid Particle Erosive Wear Behaviours of Natural Fibre Composite Developed from Water Hyacinth Aquatic Plant for Automotive Application 