Physical and Chemical Properties of Horns Sheaths Particles for the Manufacture of Composite Materials
- 1 Department of Wood Construction, University Institute for Wood Technology, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon
- 2 Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, National Advance School of Engineering, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon
- 3 Department of Mechanical Petroleum and Gas Engineering, National Advance School of Mines and Petroleum Industries, University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon
- 4 Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, National Advance School of Engineering, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon
- 5 Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, National Advance School of Engineering, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon
Abstract
Salvaged cow horns from slaughterhouses have been transformed into fine particles for a physical characterization that has led us to determine the humidity rate (2.34% ± 0.054%), the actual density situated between 0.586 g/cm<sup>3</sup> and 0.732 g/cm<sup>3</sup>, the swelling rate (12%), and one chemical characterization that permitted us to determine the rate of dry matters (97.05%), of mineral matters (2.5%), of protein matters (94.52%). From these weak values, it can easily be seen that cow horn case doesn’t absorb much water and improve the mechanical characteristics of the composite; the high rate of protein shows that keratin which is the structural molecule favors its gripping as reinforcing element in the manufacturing of composite materials.
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