Morphological Study of Discarded Polyurethane Hybrid Composites
Authors:- Mr. J. Starlin Deva Prince, Godfrey Mohan R, Milan Chand J S, Mohammed Shabeen J
Abstract- Hybrid materials are composites consisting of two constituents at the nanometer or molecular level. Commonly one of these compounds is inorganic and the other one organic in nature. Thus, they differ from traditional composites where the constituents are macroscopic. Mixing at the microscopic scale leads to a more homogeneous material that either shows characteristics in between the two original phases. Polyurethane is a plastic material, which exists in various forms. It can be tailored to be either rigid or flexible, and is the material of choice for a broad range of end-user applications such as: insulation of refrigerators and freezers, building insulation, High abrasion resistance Thick section molding , Colorability ,Oil resistance, Ozone resistance, Radiation resistance. Other advantages are castable nature and Low pressure tooling. This investigation helps to know about the morphological study of discarded polyurethane hybrid composite. Layout method is used for combining both polyurethane and nylon fibres. By using the following combination, we have prepared six samples with different samples as S1- S6. The percentage proportions as follows;
S1- 100% polyurethane
S2- 80% polyurethane + 20% nylon
S3- 60% polyurethane + 40% nylon S4-100% nylon
S5-80% nylon + 20% polyurethane S6-60% nylon + 40% polyurethane
