Composite                   Strength Test
MOR
(N/mm2)
MOE
(N/mm2)
SP
(N/mm2)
Hardness
(HRB)
Phenol-formaldehyde 43.20 496.12 38.40 Brittle
H. sabdariffa-r-PF 69.99 614.40 57.60 67.00
Hs-g-poly(EA)-r-PF 82.04 898.56 74.24 75.00
Hs-g-poly(EA-co-2VP)-r-PF 72.80 625.99 64.78 70.00
Hs-g-poly(EA-co-AM)-r-PF 87.96 789.80 76.56 82.00
where, -r-PF refers to reinforced Phenol-formaldehyde
Table 7: MOR, MOE, SP and Hardness studies of graft copolymers reinforced P-F composite vis-à-vis P-F resin.
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