Natural plant fibre reinforced concrete
AssigneeNetZero Enterprises Inc.
InventorsGrant Raymond Bogyo, Ronald Fredrick Ryde
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Abstract
A composite material and process for forming composite material. The composite material comprises a quantity of plastinated plant distributed within a matrix material. The process comprises separating a plant material into plant fibers plastinating the plant fibers and combining the plastinated plant fibers with a matrix material. The plant fibers may be selected form the group consisting of bamboo, hemp and flax. The plant fibers may be formed by crushing a portion of a plant. The matrix material may comprise Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET). The PET may be shredded and heated. The heated composite material may be formed into rebar and be arranged in a pattern within a concrete slurry.
Claims9
A process for forming a composite material comprising:
- separating a plant material into plant fibers;
- plastinating said plant fibers by:
- saturating said plant fibers in acetone to dehydrate said plant fibres;
- immersing said dehydrated plant fibres in a liquid polymer;
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- subjecting said immersed plant fibres to a vacuum to replace acetone in said plant fibers with said liquid polymer;
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- combining said plastinated plant fibers with a matrix material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.