Analysis of the Wear Resistance of Epoxy-Agro Waste Nanoparticle Coating for Mild Steel

Abstract

Epoxy has been widely used as a coating material to protect the
steel. However, one of the disadvantages heaved from the curing
reaction of extremely cross linked epoxy matrix is brittleness and
micro cracks that alter its performance.The analysis of the wear
resistance of epoxy-agro waste nanoparticle coating for mild steel
was studied. The agro waste (eggshell and palm kernel shell) was
successfully produced as nanoparticles using the sol gel method,
Epoxy (LY 556) also called Bisphenol-A-Diglycidyl-Ether and
hardener tri-ethylene-tetramine (TETA) with commercial
designation HY 951 was also used. There was improvement in the
wear resistance after coating with optimum condition obtained at
epoxy-5wt% Palm kernel ash nanoparticles, applied load (5 N),
sliding speed (1 m/s) and sliding distance (3 km). This study has
established that epoxy-5wt% Palm kernel ash nanoparticles have
good anti-wear property.