Abstract

The Mechanical properties of (LDPE-463): luffa composite was assessed with respect to the effect of filler content luffa varying from 2.5% to 25% by weight in the composite. Obvious improvement in the mechanical parameters was recorded when adding luffa with 2.5% weight ratio. The mechanical properties of loaded film have been evaluated through several parameters concerning the elastic deformation based on measuring the load – elongation characteristics. The behavior of the stress - strain curve was analyzed in terms of the cold drawing model. Experimental difficulties appeared above 5% mixing ratio, and these difficulties were due to the separation in phase which makes the sample processing impossible. Experimental results showed that elastic behavior increased with increasing luffa filler up to 2.5 % concentration.

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