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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 morphology of composite electrolytes was investigated by scanning electron microscopy and their thermal behavior (characteristic temperatures, degradation temperature) were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of sisal loading on mechanical properties such as impact strength, flexural strength, and wear resistance were investigated by means of compression molding, and structural features were revealed by the scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
Abstract: Alkali-treated sisal fibres were used as novel reinforcement to obtain composites with self-synthesized urea- formaldehyde resin as matrix phase. The composites were prepared by means of compression molding, and then the effects of sisal loading on mechanical properties such as impact strength, flexural strength, and wear resistance were investigated. In addition, water uptake was studied and structural features were revealed by the scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The composite with 30 wt% sisal fibres gives excellent flexural strength, water absorption, and especially the wear resist- ance showing that it has the most superior bonding and adhesion of all the composites. In particular, the highest value 9.42 kJ/m2 of charpy impact strength is observed in the composite with 50 wt% sisal fibre. SEM micrographs of impact fractured and worn surfaces clearly demonstrate the interfacial adhesion between fibre and matrix. This work shows the potential of sisal fibre (SF) to improve the composite wear resistance and to be used in fibreboard.
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TL;DR: Inverse gas chromatography (IGC) results showed that acidic sites predominate for unmodified/modified sisal fibers and for phenolic thermoset, indicating that the phenolic matrix has properties that favor the interaction with sisal fiber as mentioned in this paper.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the physicico-mechanical properties of composite laminates have been evaluated as a function of fibre length, fibre content, sisal/glass fibres and sisal glass/red mud combinations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a short review has been carried out to make use of natural fibers (such as abaca, banana, bamboo, cotton, coir, hemp, jute, pineapple, sisal etc) which is abundantly available in India.
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