Research Article
Water Absorption Behaviour and Its Effect on the Mechanical Properties of Flax Fibre Reinforced Bioepoxy Composites
Table 3
Water absorption and diffusion coefficients of flax fiber composites after the immersion in water.
| | Fibre volume (%) | Saturation water absorption (%) | Slope () | Diffusion coefficient, , 10−6 (mm2/s) |
| | 40 (6-layer flax) | | | | | Tensile specimen | 6.23 | 6 10−5 | 1.63 | | Flexural specimen | 6.56 | 6 10−5 | 1.47 | | 55 (8-layer flax) | | | | | Tensile specimen | 8.71 | 1 10−4 | 2.32 | | Flexural specimen | 9.76 | 1 10−4 | 1.85 |
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