| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Composite Materials: Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Material Development and Applications
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| Presentation Title |
Characterization of Natural Fibers and Steel Waste for Preparation of Polymer-Based Composite Materials |
| Author(s) |
Mery Cecilia Gomez Marroquin, Kenny A. Salazar-Yantas, Jhonathan E. Ocares-Hermosa, Victor R. Malaspina-Rojas, Percy. J. Mantilla-Matta, Fernando Huamán-Pérez |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Mery Cecilia Gomez Marroquin |
| Abstract Scope |
Research on the use of slag and other steel waste, as well as the inclusion of natural fibers as an alternative material to the conventional use of fiberglass in polymer matrix composite materials, has gained relevance in recent years. In Peru, chambira fibers (CF) and maguey fibers (MF), which are extracted from the Astrocaryum Chambira palm and the maguey agave sisalana respectively, have aroused interest as reinforcements of composite materials of a matrix composed of epoxy resin filled with foundry slag – FS and steel scale – SS (modified epoxy resin). This work proposes to explore the physicochemical properties in fibers and filling materials through of techniques as FT-IR, chemical, structural by XRD, proximate carbon and thermogravimetric analyses. Preliminary results of FT-IR spectra of natural fibers (MF and CF) evidence five steps: vibration OH, asymmetric vibration of CH, stretching of CO, vibration of the aromatic skeleton of lignin, vibration of hemicellulose and stretching of CO in the range of 3300 to 1000 cm-1, confirms that as MF as CF contain cellulose, forming skeletal structures, lignin filling micro fibrils and walls, and hemicellulose, is quasi indetectable, making possible their potential use as fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. The characterization of steel waste (FS and SS) prioritizes the use of FS because it contains a moderate percentage of iron and does not contain iron oxides compared to SS. Finally, the iron oxides contained in the steel scales (SS) don´t permit that these wastes can be utilize as filling material of polymer-based composite materials. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Characterization, Composites, Additive Manufacturing |