Preparation of (epoxy/carrot fibers) composites as natural gel coat with high wear resistance

The improvement of (Epoxy/ sub microns carrot fibers) to prepare natural gelcoat has been done, using two different particle sizes of carrot fibers in different weight ratios of addition (1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8%) as reinforcement to epoxy. The wear loss and density were carried out; where the density decreases with increase the weight ratios of addition at weight fractions less than (8%). (Epoxy/ 0.25 microns carrot fibers) Composites have high Wear resistance with employed small percentages of carrot fibers (1and 2 %) while (Epoxy/ 0.5 microns carrot fibers) Composites have high wear resistance with employed higher percentage carrot fibers (3 and 5 %). the addition (1 % of 0.25 Micro carrot fibers) to epoxy will improve its wear resistance by (∼40%.), While to get the improvement (55 %) in wear resistance of epoxy, it must added (3 % of 0.5Micro carrot fibers). The techniques SEM and EDS were employed to fix the microstructure and the elements composition of (Epoxy/ 0.5 microns’ carrot fibers) and (Epoxy/ 0.25 microns’ carrot fibers) Composites respectively.