Basalt fiber and its composite manufacturing and applications: An overview

Basalt fiber is a low cost materiel obtained from the Basalt rock from earth, and it can be divided into small pieces to form fiber. In this paper dealing with Basalt fiber manufacturing, property of composites and application are reviewed. The results indicate that as compared to glass fibers, carbon fibers and armide fiber, basalt fiber possesses excellent machine driven properties such as wave permeability, electrical properties, non-conductive and insulation properties. BFRP has higher flexural strength and better adhesion as related to CFRP and GFRP. When temperature increases thermal and mechanical properties of BFRP reduces considerable. Due to the above advantages, the addition of Basalt fiber and its composites can be used in sound and sound absorption and thermal insulation application.