INTERRELATION OF SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS WITH FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR OF FERRITE AND NANO-BARIUM TITANATE REINFORCED POLY-ETHER-ETHER-KETONE(PEEK) COMPOSITES

Abstract

The flexural behavior of ferrite filled poly-ether-ether-ketone (PEEK) composites, with and without reinforcement of nano-barium titanate, was studied and was corroborated through scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In this study, ferrite filled PEEK, and ferrite and nano-barium titanate reinforced PEEK composites were prepared. Ferrite filled PEEK composites showed refuction in flexural strength and increase in flexural modulus with the increase in ferrite content, whereas, with the reinforcement of nano-barium titanate, flexural strength increased and flexural modulus decreased at similar ferrite content.