• Baljeet Singh

Banana fiber-based polymer composite with nylon 6 (polyamide 6) as matrix material and graphite as a tensile strengthening agent was synthesized using die casting process. The investigations exhibited that the addition of graphite powder in the nylon 6 material increases the hardness of the material but makes it more and more brittle by adding large amount of graphite powder. So, a specific amount of graphite that was 12% of graphite powder was showing better result. In this experiment hardness test and bending test was performed on the polymer composite material which showed a potential improvement than the basic nylon 6 materials. Therefore, all this improvement is acquired at a very less cost, thus nylon 6 materials are used in many applications such as aircraft industries, automobiles and many more. This composite can become convenient replacement without more investment.

Polymer composites, Nylon 6, Die Casting

"Evaluation of Mechanical characteristics of Nylon-6 reinforced with graphite and banana fiber", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.1725-1731, January 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDY06275.pdf

"Evaluation of Mechanical characteristics of Nylon-6 reinforced with graphite and banana fiber", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp1725-1731, January 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDY06275.pdf