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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"Biocomposites reinforced with natur..." refers background in this paper
...date palm [271], coir [272,273], bamboo [274,275], abaca [276,277], rice hull [278–280], jute [281,282], and wheat straw [283]....
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...The quality enhancement of pineapple leaf fiber has een attempted using different surface modifications like ewaxing, alkali treatment, cyanoethylation and grafting crylonitrile onto dewaxed fibers [116]....
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...HDPE composites with bagasse [396] and curaua [397] fibers reinforced HDPE composites were obtained by extrusion process....
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