Eco-friendly asbestos free brake-pad: Using banana peels

The use of asbestos fibre is being avoided due to its carcinogenic nature that might cause health risks. A new brake pad produced using banana peel waste to replace asbestos and Phenolic resin (phenol formaldehyde), as a binder was investigated. The resin was varying from 5 to 30 wt% with an interva...

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Main Authors: U.D. Idris, V.S. Aigbodion, I.J. Abubakar, C.I. Nwoye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Engineering Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018363913000378