Water Absorption, Thermal, and Mechanical Properties of Bamboo Fiber with Chopped Glass Fiber Filler-Reinforced Polyester Composites

Table 13

Water absorption of BFRPEC with CGF filler content along with a replica of the test sample.

Sample	BFRPEC with CGF water absorption (%)				Standard deviation
	Specimen 1	Specimen 2	Specimen 3	Average
BF1	0.59	0.56	0.58	0.57	0.0153
BF2	0.47	0.45	0.455	0.46	0.0104
BF3	0.385	0.39	0.365	0.38	0.0132
BF4	1.53	1.66	1.58	1.59	0.0655
BF5	1.05	1.05	1.197	1.057	0.0848
BF6	1	1	1.15	1.05	0.08487
BF7	2.65	2.45	2.7	2.6	0.1322
BF8	1.7	1.88	1.76	1.78	0.0916
BF9	1.6	1.75	1.6	1.65	0.0866