Abstract
Short bamboo fiber reinforced epoxy composites have been developed with varying fiber length. The chemical resistance tests indicate that the composite materials are resistant to acetic acid, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, ammonia, benzene, carbon tetrachloride and toluene. The variation of tensile load at break with fiber length has been studied and the tensile load is found to be maximum for the fiber length of 30 mm.
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