| Literature DB >> 19477124 |
Md Mominul Haque1, Mahbub Hasan, Md Saiful Islam, Md Ershad Ali.
Abstract
In this work, palm and coir fiber reinforced polypropylene bio-composites were manufactured using a single extruder and injection molding machine. Raw palm and coir were chemically treated with benzene diazonium salt to increase their compatibility with the polypropylene matrix. Both raw and treated palm and coir fiber at five level of fiber loading (15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 wt.%) was utilized during composite manufacturing. Microstructural analysis and mechanical tests were conducted. Comparison has been made between the properties of the palm and coir fiber composites. Treated fiber reinforced specimens yielded better mechanical properties compared to the raw composites, while coir fiber composites had better mechanical properties than palm fiber ones. Based on fiber loading, 30% fiber reinforced composites had the optimum set of mechanical properties.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19477124 DOI： 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.04.072
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioresour Technol ISSN： 0960-8524 Impact factor: 9.642