Mechanical Properties Characterization of Marble and Resin Composite Materials

The process of forming furniture and house construction, the marble used produces a lot of waste in the form of marble powder. One solution offered to overcome this problem is to make a composite of marble's powder and resin. The purpose of this study was to determine the tensile strength and hardness of resin composites and marble's powder and determine the optimal value of the composition between marble's powder and resin. These composites were then tested to obtain mechanical properties such as yield strength, elastic modulus and hardness. Fracture surface observation by using SEM on the specimens was also conducted. The results showed that the optimal composition for composites is the composition between 60/40 and 70/30.