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R Sarala
Bio: R Sarala is an academic researcher from Government College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Natural fiber & Cellulose. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 8 citations.
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TL;DR: The fibers extracted from the stem of medicinal plant Derris scandens have the properties comparable to that of existing natural fibers, thus, suggesting it to use as a highly promising reinforcing agent alternative to synthetic fibers in polymer matrix composites.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a review describes the characteristics, and potential uses of some natural fibers in order to improve their sustainability and economic values, which is important to determine the optimal intended uses for instance as high quality bio-composite raw material.
Abstract: Understanding the basic properties of natural fibers is important to determine the optimal intended uses for instance as high-quality bio-composite raw material. This review describes the characteristics, and potential uses of some natural fibers in order to improve their sustainability and economic values. The natural fibers have low density and high strength to weight ratio and reduction make them potential as light weight composite and reinforcement materials. The microstructure and chemical compositions of fibers affect the mechanical properties with the fiber cross-sectional area is the most variable influencing the fiber strength. Natural fibers are easy to absorb water due to the presence of hemicellulose that give hydrophilic properties make them less compatible in the interaction with matrix with hydrophobicity properties. Higher cellulose content and crystallinity tend to result better strength properties of fiber while lignin is since versa. Besides that, fiber anatomical characteristics vary between different and same species that affect on the density and mechanical properties. The other factors namely environmental conditions, method of transportation, storage time and conditions, and fiber extraction affect the size and quality of the natural fibers.
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TL;DR: In this article, a new resource of natural fiber from Morinda citrifolia as a cleaner material and bridge the gap between the materials and sustainability is presented, where the fibers were subjected to chemical treatments like NaOH, silane, and nitric acid to improve its compatibility.
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TL;DR: In this article , the quality of CTB reinforced with different nano cellulose materials (NCMs) was investigated, and the optimal concentration of NCM-reinforced CTB samples were found to be 0.9 kg/m 3 .
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TL;DR: The morphological, physical, thermal and mechanical properties of fibers were addressed for the first time in this paper and NaOH treatment removed amorphous components.
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