Study the thermal properties and water absorption of composite materials rrinforced with data and olive seeds

الملخص EN

This work focuses on the study the effect of data seeds (DS) and olive seeds (OS) on thermal and water absorption properties of epoxy resin.

Olive and dates seeds were added to epoxy matrix at weight fraction (0, 8, 13 &18 % wt) with grain size (300, 450 & 600μm).

The composite specimens were prepared by Hand-Layup technique according to standard test.

The results show that the thermal and water absorption properties of composites increasing with increase weight fraction of particles.

Also its found the higher value of thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, specific heat and water absorption happened at ( = 18 wt %) and grain size (300μm) for specimens reinforced with olive seeds.

The mathematical model results show that the weight fraction of particles have higher effect than grain size on properties.