<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:lang="en"
         xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">
  <front>
    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">BJCR</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title xml:lang="en">British Journal of Contemporary Research</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">BJCR</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn>2979-8582</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Bexford Publishing Ltd</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc><uri>https://bexfordpublishing.co.uk</uri></publisher-loc>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">BEX_OCT_26_267</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.67693/BJCR-3SW6Y8LU</article-id>
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group xml:lang="en" subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Original Research Article</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title xml:lang="en">Thermal Degradation Behaviour and Residual Mass Characteristics of Cassava Cortex–Cow Bone-Reinforced Epoxy Composites</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group content-type="author">
      <contrib corresp="yes">
        <name-alternatives>
          <name name-style="western" specific-use="primary">
            <given-names>Adeniyi Emmanuel Daodu</given-names>
          </name>
        </name-alternatives>
        <email>daoduemmanuel@unical.edu.ng</email>
        <bio xml:lang="en"><p>Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria</p></bio>
      </contrib>
      <contrib>
        <name-alternatives>
          <name name-style="western" specific-use="primary">
            <given-names>Ekanem Benedict Agbonko</given-names>
          </name>
        </name-alternatives>
        <email>ekanemben@unical.edu.ng</email>
        <bio xml:lang="en"><p>ORCID: 0000-0002-4724-6169 | Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Calabar</p></bio>
      </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="epub">
        <day>10</day>
        <month>11</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>1</volume>
      <issue>6</issue>
      
      
      <pub-history>
        <event event-type="received">
          <event-desc>Received: <date date-type="received">
            <day>28</day>
            <month>10</month>
            <year>2026</year>
          </date></event-desc>
        </event>
        
        <event event-type="accepted">
          <event-desc>Accepted: <date date-type="accepted">
            <day>03</day>
            <month>11</month>
            <year>2026</year>
          </date></event-desc>
        </event>
      </pub-history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Copyright (c) 2026 Adeniyi Emmanuel Daodu</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
        <license xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">
          <license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract><p>This study compares thermal degradation and residual-mass behaviour in three cassava cortex–cow bone particulate epoxy formulations using thermogravimetric (TG) and derivative thermogravimetric (DTG) curves. The specimens comprised a hybrid with 20 vol.% each of cow bone and cassava cortex (RDT4PS100), a 40 vol.% cow-bone composite (RBT0PS100) and a 40 vol.% cassava-cortex composite (RFT4PS500). At a programmed heating rate of 10 °C/min, the estimated principal DTG peaks were approximately 400, 415 and 400 °C, respectively; associated peak mass-loss-rate magnitudes were approximately 4.2, 2.5 and 5.0%/min. Residues at the plotted endpoints were approximately 16%, 16–17% and 5%, respectively. The cow-bone-only formulation showed the smallest principal degradation-rate magnitude, whereas the hybrid and cow-bone-only specimens retained substantially more mass than the cassava-cortex-only specimen. The results distinguish peak degradation temperature, degradation-rate intensity and non-volatile residue as separate descriptors. Because particle size and treatment also differed between formulations, the observations support a descriptive formulation-level comparison rather than an isolated hybridisation effect. The findings provide preliminary thermal-characterisation evidence for selecting formulations for further engineering assessment. The comparison uses a fixed total reinforcement fraction of 40 vol.% and separates thermogram-derived evidence from possible compositional explanations. The findings are relevant to screening waste-derived reinforcement systems, but they do not establish fire resistance, mechanical retention during heating or permissible automotive service temperatures. Further matched-control measurements and replicate-level analysis are needed before those engineering properties can be assessed.</p></abstract>
    </article-meta>
  </front>
  <body/>
</article>