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A castor oil, an agricultural
product, is an unsaturated material. Hence the castor oil is brominated by
bromine liquid. The brominated castor oil (BCO) was then reacted with excess of
aliphatic diamines viz; ethylene diamine, 1,3-propane diamine and 1,6-hexane
diamine. The resultant amino functionalized castor oil (ACO) samples were then
characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectral study and number of amino
groups. All the three ACO samples were then employed for the curing of
commercial Brominated epoxy resin. The curing of epoxy resin by ACO was
monitored on differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and based on the DSC study
their glass fibre reinforced composites (GRC) were fabricated. The cured samples
(i.e. unreinforced) were also subjected to thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA).
The chemical, mechanical and electrical properties of the glass fibre reinforced
composites (GRC)
were also evaluated.
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