Document Type : Original Article
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Prosthetics and Orthotics Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Al-Nahrain, Jadriya, Baghdad, Iraq.
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Ceramic and Building Materials Department, College of Materials Engineering, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq.
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Technical Institute of Kufa - Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Iraq
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Building and Construction Engineering Technology Department, AL-Mustaqbal University College, Hillah 51001, Iraq.
Abstract
The current study aims to prepare a nano-hybrid composite material reinforced with perlon fibers and triple nanoparticles (TiO2-ZnO-ZrO2) produced using the sol-gel method. The resulting sol-gel synthesized nanoparticles were evaluated using assays (EDX, X-Ray, SEM, and PSA). The results of the investigation revealed that using a temperature of 650 oC instead of 850 oC reduces the size of the particles. The other side included adding these nanoparticles according to weight ratios (3, 6, 9 and 12%) with a fixed number of layers of perlon fibers in the form of a mat (6 layers) to a polymeric blend consisting of (10% methyl vinyl silicon + 90% lamination) resin. The selected composite material was evaluated by tensile, flexural, impact, and hardness assays. The addition of the powder affected the mechanical behavior of the nano-hybrid composite material reinforced with the triple nanopowder, especially at the particle size (87 nm) and at the percentage (9% wt.), where the results of (tensile, bending, impact, and hardness) increased (83 MPa, 102 MPa, 13.8 kJ/m², 99 shore D) respectively, compared to the powder-free reference sample where the tensile, bending, impact, and hardness test values were (53 MPa, 85 MPa, 10.8 kJ/m², 83 shore D) respectively. This hybrid nanomaterial can be used in prosthetic applications such as the foot.
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