In recent years, due to environmental concern the use of renewable materials have been gaining importances in various fields. In this regard the proper utilization of natural fiber in composites material is one of the advanced technologies improved in engineering and industries. Therefore, we have adopted areca leaf and eupatorium fibers to incorporate in epoxy resin-CNT mixture. This method of fabrication implies the formation of hybrid polymer composites. In this work, areca leaf, eupatorium fiber and multiwall carbon nanotube were considered as reinforcement material and epoxy resin as matrix phase. The prepared composites were tested for tensile, flexural, compression, impact strength and wear rate. The surface morphology was analyzed through Scanning electron microscope and decomposition profile of material was characterized by thermo gravimetric analysis. The results revealed that, the incorporation of CNT as second reinforcement material enhanced the properties of the composites. This gives an insight that hybrid composites shows better properties than primary composites.
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