Mechanical Behavior of Polymer Composites Reinforced with Coir and Date Palm Frond Fibers

Table 2

Estimated density and mass of DPF fiber reinforced composite using the rule of mixture.

DPF composite
Wt. ratio (%)	NaOH treatment (%)	Notations	Mass of composite (gms)	Theoretical density (g/cc)	Experimental density (g/cc)
10	0	DPF1	546.6	1.04	1.11
	5	DPF2	483.14	0.968	0.973
	10	DPF3	478.78	0.977	0.95
20	0	DPF4	476.86	1.01	1.1
	5	DPF5	405.5	0.876	0.946
	10	DPF6	399.2	0.814	0.878
30	0	DPF7	478.8	0.977	0.989
	5	DPF8	342.3	0.843	0.891
	10	DPF9	349.5	0.754	0.836