THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYESTER COMPOSITES FROM SUNFLOWER OIL USING SISAL FIBRE

Abstract

Sisal fibre reinforced polyester composites have been synthesised from poly (sunflower oil fumarate) polyester resin, acrylo nitrile, benzoyl peroxide, dimethyl aniline, triethylene glycol dimethacrylate and sisal fibre. The polyester and their fibre reinforced composites were characterised by FT-IR, swelling coefficient, mechanical properties and thermal properties. These studies revealed that the high performance of sisal fibre reinforced polyester composites with respect to the polyester neat sheets.