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SISAL
About: SISAL is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1878 publications have been published within this topic receiving 55528 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the thermal degradation characteristic was established to five selected wastes (coffee husks, sisal bole, cashew nut shells, palm stem, and bagasse) using a thermogravimetric analyzer type NETZSCH STA 409 PC Luxx at a heating rate of 10 K/min.
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TL;DR: In the last decade, natural plant fibers (jute, sisal, coir, banana, hemp, kenaf, flax, etc.) are getting attention from many researchers and academicians to utilize it as an alternate reinforcemen.
Abstract: In the last decade, natural plant fibers (jute, sisal, coir, banana, hemp, kenaf, flax, etc.) are getting attention from many researchers and academicians to utilize it as an alternate reinforcemen...
117 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the quasistatic tensile and fatigue behavior of sisal fibres is described, and the results obtained from this work can be used to predict from a fatigue and structural integrity point of view the behaviour of Sisal-based reinforced composites with high load bearing capability, and extend the design envelope of this class of natural reinforced materials.
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TL;DR: In this article, the electrical properties of sisal fiber-low density polyethylene (LDPE) and coir fiber-laborated LDPE composites have been studied.
Abstract: The electrical properties of sisal fiber-low density polyethylene (LDPE) and coir fiber-LDPE composites have been studied. The dielectric constant progressively increases with increase of fiber loading and decreases with increase of frequency in the case of all composites. The dielectric constant of sisal-LDPE composites has been studied as a function of fiber length. Volume resistivity values decrease with fiber content. The increase of dielectric constant with fiber loading is more predominant at low frequencies in both the sisal fiber-LDPE and coir fiber-LDPE composites. The results of the natural-fiber-filled composites were compared to those of the carbon and glass-fiber-filled LDPE composites. The dielectric constant of carbon-black-loaded LDPE composites increases with carbon content, and the increase is sharper at high carbon content. This is associated with the network formation of carbon black in LDPE matrix. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of chemical treatment on morphology, physical and chemical properties and tensile properties of fibres and composites were determined, and the results observed are supported by SEM analysis of the composite materials and the fibres.
Abstract: Biocomposites were produced using polycaprolactone (PCL) and starch as the matrix, and washed and treated sisal fibres as reinforcement. The matrix consists of a biodegradable product commercially known as MaterBi-Z®, which is based on a PCL, starch and additive.Alkaline and acetylation treatments were performed on the fibre in order to enhance the adhesion degree and the compatibility between the fibre and the matrix. The effect of chemical treatment on morphology, physical and chemical properties and tensile properties of fibres and composites were determined. Tensile properties of the biodegradable composite were improved by the presence of the fibre. However, the untreated fibres behaved as better reinforcement than the acetylated and alkalitreated fibres. This was attributed to an impairment of the mechanical properties of the acetylated fibres and incompatibility of the alkali-treated fibres. The results observed are supported by SEM analysis of fibres and the composite materials.
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