Microstructural and Compositional Analyses of Resin Matrix Composites

Fiber reinforced composites can be categorized into diverse groups according to their matrices and these play a major role in the reinforcement. This paper presents the microstructural and the compositional analyses of resin matrix composites. The specimens produced were reinforcement fibre with mild steel metal chips, wood chips, granite particles and charcoal particles respectively. Each composite sample contains one strand of fibre and a fibre-resin composite was produce per set to serve as comparison to the particles reinforced composite samples. Good microstructures were observed in all the entire samples although there were some inhomogeneous mixtures in some of the structures. The wood chips reinforced particles composite sample formed long-pointed cluster, which was fairly distributed in the structure. The long-pointed worm-like clusters formed in the wood reinforced composite could promote the equally distribution of an applied load on the structure which can strengthens its mechanical properties with a prolonged lifespan. Most of compositions present in the entire samples have high tendencies for promoting the mechanical properties of the matrix composites.