These mixtures were transferred to plastic bags for storage until
preparing the composite laminates. Then the composite mixture
was poured into a stainless steel mold (170 mm × 170 mm × 3 mm)
to obtain composite plates.
A hydraulic press (SOLAB) with a heating system and controlled
cooling apparatus was used to obtain the laminates of both
the matrix and composites. The processing conditions used were:
temperature 160 ◦C with applied pressure of 410.4 kgf/cm2 and
pressurization time of 50 min