Effect of the addition of TiB <sub>2</sub> with waste glass powder on microstructure, mechanical and physical behavior of PET-based polymer composite material
Shashi Prakash Dwivedi, Shubham Sharma, B. Vijay Krishna, Pankaj Sonia, Kuldeep K. Saxena, Amjad Iqbal, Faramarz Djavanroodi
Abstract
In present study, titanium diboride (TiB2) and glass powder waste utilized as reinforcement particles with Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) matrix material in development of a polymer-based composite. The % reinforcement of TiB2and glass powder waste varied from 2.5% to 20%. Micrographs of PET/8.75% TiB2/8.75% glass wastecomposite revealed uniform distribution of TiB2and glass powder in PET-based MMC. Proper wettability between matrix and reinforcement particles were observed for PET/8.75% TiB2/8.75% glass wastecomposite. Results showed that by adding 8.75% of TiB2and 8.75% of glass powder, mechanical properties of PET were improved.