This research reports the study of epoxy reinforced with human hair as a potential building material for the purpose of acoustic and thermal insulation for building industry. The sound insulation and thermal conductivity were studied for an epoxy composite reinforced with 15% human hair, together with a set of mechanical properties (tensile strength and flexural strength). The sound insulation results proved that the addition of hair led to about 75% loss of the sound intensity compared to the sound intensity noticed for the unreinforced specimen. Thermal conductivity decreased by about 20% with reinforcement. Mechanical properties show a significant improvement, such that flexural strength increased by 25%. The tensile test results showed a higher Young’s modulus and tensile strength for the reinforced specimen by about 50% and 27% respectively. Finally, flexural strength also showed an increase by about 20% after reinforcement.

这项研究报告了以人发增强的环氧作为一种潜在的建筑材料的研究，其目的是用于建筑行业的隔音和隔热。研究了用15％人发增强的环氧复合材料的隔音和导热性，以及一组机械性能（拉伸强度和弯曲强度）。隔音结果证明，与未增强的样本所注意到的声音强度相比，添加头发导致声音强度损失约75％。增强后热导率降低了约20％。机械性能显示出显着改善，因此抗弯强度提高了25％。拉伸试验结果表明，增强试样的杨氏模量和拉伸强度分别提高了约50％和27％。