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

Table 9

Impact toughness of different long bamboo fiber (BF) and CGF content along with a replica of the test sample.

Sample	BFRPEC toughness (kJ/)				Standard deviation
	Specimen 1	Specimen 2	Specimen 3	Average
BF1	58.15	58.4	58.5	58.35	0.18
BF2	78.31	80.06	80.43	79.6	1.132
BF3	74.34	75	74.46	74.6	0.3515
BF4	70.45	70.42	70.63	70.5	0.113
BF5	107.72	108.72	106.96	107.8	0.8827
BF6	83.02	82.59	81.29	98.8	0.9
BF7	81.8	82.9	82.2	82.3	0.556
BF8	112.9	113.88	113.12	113.3	0.514
BF9	107.72	107.18	108.5	107.8	0.663