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

Table 14

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

Sample	BPRPEC water absorption (%)				Standard deviation
	Specimen 1	Specimen 2	Specimen 3	Average
BP1	0.614	0.613	0.627	0.618	0.0063
BP2	0.53	0.53	0.58	0.54	0.023
BP3	0.42	0.4	0.44	0.42	0.0163
BP4	1.53	1.66	1.58	1.59	0.053
BP5	1265	1.255	1.24	1.25	0.01027
BP6	1	1	1.15	1.05	0.07
BP7	2.65	2.45	2.7	2.6	0.108
BP8	2.08	2.13	2.09	2.1	0.0216
BP9	1.93	1.91	1.98	1.94	0.029