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The objective of this research is to evaluate the tensile, impact and flexural properties of flax fiber and basalt
powder filled polyester composite. Flax fiber is one of the predominant reinforcement natural fiber which possess good
mechanical properties and addition of basalt powder as a filler provides additional support to the composite. The
Composites are prepared using flax fiber arranged in 10 layers with varying weight percentage of the basalt powder as 5
wt.%, 10 wt.%, 15 wt.%, 20 wt.%, 25 wt.% and 30 wt.% respectively. From the results it is inferred that the composite
combination 10 Layers of flax / 5 wt.%, basalt Powder absorbs more tensile load of 145 MPa. Also, for the same
combination maximum flexural strength is about 60 MPa. Interestingly in the case of impact strength more energy was
absorbed by 10 layers of flax and 30 wt.% of basalt powder. In addition, the failure mechanism of the composites also
discussed briefly using SEM studies.
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