Author(s)

Rajib Chandra Das¹, Arif Ul Islam¹, Sanchita Dewanjee¹, Tanjima Akhter², Farzana Sultana Rafi², Susmita Mondal³

¹Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Sonapur, Noakhali, Bangladesh.
²Department of Applied Mathematics, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Sonapur, Noakhali, Bangladesh.
³Department of Pharmacy, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Sonapur, Noakhali, Bangladesh.

Aluminum wire mat reinforced polyester composite has been studied as an al-ternative structural material. The physical and mechanical properties of the composite such as tensile strength, flexural strength, water absorption, hardness illustrated the competency of the developed composite. It was found that per-cent water absorption is very low for the resultant studied composite. However, water absorption increased very slowly when metal mat layers were increased. Furthermore, mechanical strength of the composite was increased as mechanical properties: tensile strength, flexural strength, hardness and stiffness of this composite increased with the increase in the number of metal mat layer in the composite. This study suggested the use of this composite as an unbeaten al-ternative structural material to conventional materials.

Aluminum Reinforcement, Polyester Matrix, Metal Polyester Composite

Chandra Das, R. , Ul Islam, A. , Dewanjee, S. , Akhter, T. , Sultana Rafi, F. and Mondal, S. (2019) Preparation and Characterization of Aluminium Wire Mat Reinforced Polyester Composite. Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry, 9, 48-56. doi: 10.4236/ampc.2019.94005.