Physico- mechanical characterization of the fibers of the palm of chontaduro
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Abstract
With the objective of adapting to the demand of a consumer society that’s continually growing and the need of generating a lesser environmental impact, a big interest has been produced in the researching field that aims to search for materials coming from renewable sources, which are misused in many cases. Because of this, the present study researches about the peach palm’s fibers coming from the city of Buenaventura from the pacific region of Colombia; this with the objective of determining if such fibers can be used and have applications in the field of civil construction. In the first stage, studies of characterization have been realized employing techniques of optical microscopy and scanning electronic microscopy as well as mechanical strength trials, through which it was possible to determine a high resistance of the obtained fibers from the peach palm tree.