PMID- 34027163
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20210526
IS  - 2405-8440 (Print)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Electronic)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 5
DP  - 2021 May
TI  - Fabrication and characterization of eco-friendly composite materials from natural 
      animal fibers.
PG  - e06954
LID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06954 [doi]
LID - e06954
AB  - A large amount of useless portion, which is discharging from leather industries, 
      pollutes the environment immensely. The discarded part needs to be recycled to 
      yield other valuable products to subside environmental pollution. In this 
      research, we utilized a rejected part (cow hair) of leather industries and 
      unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) to fabricate valued composites to confine 
      atmospheric pollution. A hand-lay-up technique, which is an easy and economical 
      approach, was employed for composites fabrication. A number of cow hair fiber 
      percentages (2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, and 20% by weight) were taken into 
      consideration to investigate the impact of fiber loading on composites. Prepared 
      composites were characterized by a few mechanical properties such as tensile 
      strength (TS), tensile modulus (TM), elongation at break (EB), bending strength 
      (BS), and bending modulus (BM). Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR), Electron 
      Scanning Microscopy (SEM), and water absorption were also performed to support 
      the data in favor of mechanical properties. Optimum mechanical properties which 
      were supported by the other analysis were achieved for 5% cow hair containing 
      composites.
CI  - (c) 2021 The Authors.
FAU - Ali, Md Farhad
AU  - Ali MF
AD  - Institute of Leather Engineering and Technology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 
      1000, Bangladesh.
FAU - Hossain, Md Sahadat
AU  - Hossain MS
AD  - Glass Research Division, Institute of Glass & Ceramic Research and Testing, 
      Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka, 1205, 
      Bangladesh.
FAU - Ahmed, Samina
AU  - Ahmed S
AD  - Glass Research Division, Institute of Glass & Ceramic Research and Testing, 
      Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka, 1205, 
      Bangladesh.
AD  - BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial 
      Research (BCSIR), Dhaka, 1205, Bangladesh.
FAU - Sarwaruddin Chowdhury, A M
AU  - Sarwaruddin Chowdhury AM
AD  - Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and 
      Technology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210505
PL  - England
TA  - Heliyon
JT  - Heliyon
JID - 101672560
PMC - PMC8121661
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Composite
OT  - Cow hair fiber
OT  - Environment
OT  - Mechanical properties
OT  - Resin
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2021/05/25 06:00
MHDA- 2021/05/25 06:01
PMCR- 2021/05/05
CRDT- 2021/05/24 08:17
PHST- 2020/09/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/10/28 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/04/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/05/24 08:17 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/05/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/05/25 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/05/05 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2405-8440(21)01057-4 [pii]
AID - e06954 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06954 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Heliyon. 2021 May 5;7(5):e06954. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06954. eCollection 
      2021 May.