Biocomposites reinforced with natural fibers: 2000–2010
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...This structure gives to thermoset polymer good properties such as high flexibility for tailoring desired ultimate properties, great strength, and modulus [3, 4]....
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...At 65% humidity at 21C, the equilibrium moisture content of some natural fiber can be observed in Table 4 [4]....
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...The plants, which produce cellulose fibers can be classified into bast fibers (jute, flax, ramie, hemp, and kenaf), seed fibers (cotton, coir, and kapok), leaf fibers (sisal, pineapple, and abaca), grass and reed fibers (rice, corn, and wheat), and core fibers (hemp, kenaf, and jute) as well as all other kinds (wood and roots) [4]....
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...Table 1: Natural fibers in the world and their world production [4]....
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...Table 2: Chemical composition of some common natural fibers [4]....
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...4 glycosidic linkages (Faruk et al., 2012; Henriksson and Berglund, 2007; O'Connell et al., 2008) (Fig....
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...Improvements of physico-mechanical properties achieved by post-treatment [258], and the interfacial and durability evaluation [259,260] of jute fiber/PP composites were studied....
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...[102,103] examined the mechanical properties of abaca fiber reinforced PP composites regarding different fiber lengths (5, 25 and 40 mm) and different compounding processes (mixer-injection molding, mixercompression molding and direct compression molding process)....
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