Plant fibers and wasted fiber/epoxy green composites
Journal
Composites Part B: Engineering
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
7(SI)
Pages
2817-2821
Date Issued
2012-10
Author(s)
Abstract
In this study, the plant and waste fibers (pineapple leaf fiber, banana fiber and recycled disposable chopstick fiber) with an average length from 2.3 to 3.9 mm were chemically modified by 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (A1100). Subsequently, these modified fibers (20 wt.%) and epoxy resin were mixed and cured to form novel fiber-reinforced greencomposites. The results showed that the decomposition temperatures of the chemically modified fiber-reinforced composites were obviously higher than those of untreated fiber-reinforced composites. In addition, the tensile strengths of the reinforced epoxycomposites could be increased from 80% to 117% as compared to that of the pristine epoxy. Moreover, the modified pineapple leaf fiber-reinforced composites exhibited better thermal properties than did other reinforced samples. On the other hand, modified recycled disposable chopstick fiber-reinforced composites possessed pronounced mechanical properties.
Subjects
Thermal properties
Mechanical testing
Cure
Publisher
Elsevier
Type
journal article