Research Article
Development of Eco-Sustainable Silica-Reinforced Natural Hybrid Polymer Composites for Automotive Applications
Table 1
Water absorption test results for banana fibre composite (20 mm length).
| | Banana fibre content by wt.% | Percentage of fibre intake at infinite time Q∞ | Sorption coefficient S | Diffusion coefficient D (mm2/s) | Permeability coefficient P (mm2/s) |
| | 5 | 23.57 | 1.322 | 1.532 E − 05 | 1.91 E − 05 | | 10 | 26.83 | 1.346 | 1.512 E − 05 | 1.93 E − 05 | | 15 | 27.12 | 1.358 | 1.511 E − 05 | 1.89 E − 05 |
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