Research Article

Evaluation of Dynamic Materials Procured from Waste Biomass

Table 4

MOR, MOE, SP, and hardness studies of graft copolymers-reinforced PF composite vis-à-vis PF resin.

CompositeStrength Test
MOR (N/mm2)MOE (N/mm2)SP (N/mm2)Hardness (HRB)

Phenol-formaldehyde43.20496.1238.40Brittle
H. sabdariffa-r-PF69.99614.4057.6067.00
Hs-g-poly(MA)-r-PF74.00753.0662.3670.00
Hs-g-poly(MA-co-VA)-r-PF73.20692.9268.0070.00
Hs-g-poly(MA-co-EA)-r-PF74.40700.8069.5675.00

-r-PF refers to reinforced phenol-formaldehyde.