Tensile, Impact, and Chemical Resistance Properties of Granite Powder-Epoxy Composites.

Granite powder-reinforced epoxy composites have been developed with varying granite powder content by weight percentage. The variation of tensile strength and impact strength has been studied and the tensile strength and impact strength were found to be at a maximum for the 50% granite powder-reinforced epoxy composite. The chemical resistance test indicates that the composite materials are resistant to acetic acid, concentrated hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, benzene, carbon tetrachloride, and n-hexane. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]