Fabrication and Testing Of Composite Powder Materials from Tamarind Seeds and Palm Date Seeds Using Epoxy

Abstract

Dates from date palm (Phoenix dactylifera)  trees are popular for providing a staple food for millions of people around the world, and tamarind (TamerindusIndica) is the other product which is used as food ingredient as pulp tamarind. Here we will use both tamarind and dates seed powders as the composite material, which are mostly treated as waste in our day to day life. As the composite material consists of matrix and reinforcement, in this the particulates tamarind and dates seed powders are used as reinforcement and matrix used is Araldite Standard Epoxy resin AW106 along with hardener HV953. The reinforcement used is tamarind dates seed powders are mixed with the matrix taken in the fixed ratios, with different proportions. Then the composite is fabricated and tested for strength and hardness. The tests performed are impact and Rockwell hardness test. Different compositions of the matrix and epoxy is fabricated and compared among composites prepared and result is shown. Composite materials are substitute for the conventional plastics and possess higher mechanical properties then those materials.