A comprehensive review on the mechanical, physical, and thermal properties of abaca fibre for their introduction into structural polymer composites

Kurien, Rittin Abraham; Selvaraj, D. Philip; Sekar, M.; Koshy, Chacko Preno; Paul, Cherian; Palanisamy, Sivasubramanian; Santulli, Carlo; Kumar, Praveen

doi:10.1007/s10570-023-05441-z

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“…It plays a significant role in shaping the fiber's characteristics, properties, and morphology. The lignin content in A. catechu fiber was determined as 22.6%, surpassing that of banana (5% wt%) (Geethamma et al 1998;Joseph et al 2002), sisal (12%) (Bledzki and Gassan 1999;Geethamma et al 1998;Santulli et al 2022), and jute (11.8%) (Bledzki and Gassan 1999;Kurien et al 2023). Enhanced bonding between the fiber and matrix is achieved when the fiber has a lower weight fraction of wax.…”

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“…An Instron 3369 universal testing machine (Instron Universal Testing Systems Company, Norwood, MA, USA) was used to perform the tensile test. According to ASTM 3039 (2008) (Pinnell et al 2005), five measurements were taken for each composite and the mean was used to determine the tensile strength (Alhijazi et al 2022;Goud and Rao 2011;Kurien et al 2023;Palanisamy et al 2023b). The specimen measured 250 mm x 25 mm x 3 mm and a 5 kN load cell was used.…”

Section: Mechanical Characterization Tensile Testmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Mechanical properties of epoxy composites reinforced with Areca catechu fibers containing silicon carbide

Ramasubbu,

Kayambu,

Palanisamy

et al. 2024

BioRes

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The physical and chemical attributes of Areca catechu fiber (ACF) were explored. ACF is attractive because of its high cellulose content at 63.2 wt%. The mechanical properties were evaluated for Areca catechu fiber-reinforced epoxy composites, in which silicon carbide (SiC) was used as filler. The studied properties included water absorption, flexural strength, impact strength, tensile strength, and hardness properties. The tensile and flexural properties improved when the filler content increased from 40 to 50 wt%, but further increment in the filler content reduced the strength values. The addition of SiC adversely affected the bending and flexural properties of the composites at 40 and 50 wt% filler content, but it positively affected the properties at 60 wt% filler content. The hardness of the composites increased with the addition of 10% silicon carbide. From the results of this study, it is recommended that the ratio of silicon carbide in the composite should not exceed 10 wt% due to agglomeration. The composites containing 10 wt% SiC can be used for outdoor applications such as decking, railing, garden fencing, cladding, and siding applications.

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Mechanical properties of epoxy composites reinforced with Areca catechu fibers containing silicon carbide

Ramasubbu,

Kayambu,

Palanisamy

et al. 2024

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“…The curing process continues even after the reaction has cooled to room temperature. [130][131][132][133][134] When producing composites, temperature control is absolutely essential because even a slight fluctuation in temperature can result in the deterioration of the fibers. 126 Dos Santos, Flores-Sahagun, and Satyanarayana studied sawdust's density, shape, and chemical makeup.…”

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A review on natural fiber composites: Polymer matrices, fiber surface treatments, fabrication methods, properties, and applications

Mylsamy,

Shanmugam,

Aruchamy

et al. 2024

Polymer Engineering & Sci

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High performance and durability are essential for goods to satisfy the needs of the expanding worldwide market. Wood plastic composites (WPCs) are materials made from a combination of wood, polymers, and additives. WPCs can be extruded, injected, compressed, or thermoformed. Presently, WPCs are manufactured using sophisticated processes including as laser sintering, fused layer modeling, and additive manufacturing. Properly managing the melt temperature and pressure is crucial in the manufacturing process of WPCs to ensure effective polymer incorporation. Natural fibers have distinct benefits for polymer composites, but they also have some serious drawbacks, like lower strength properties—especially lower impact strength than synthetic fibers—poor compatibility with hydrophobic polymers, poorer dimensional stability and moisture absorption due to hydroxly groups, a maximum processing temperature that is limited, thermal degradation above 200–220°C, and lower biological durability. The modification of the surface of the fibers improves the mentioned disadvantages of the natural fibers. High‐quality WPCs require the application of chemical or physical treatment to the wood fibers. This extensive review focused on the modification techniques applied to the surface of wood, manufacturing processes, and properties and applications of WPCs.Highlights Modification methods used in surface treatment of natural fibers was explained. Properties and recent applications of wood polymer composites were given. Optimum requirements of natural fibers and polymer matrices are given. Fabrication methods of natural fiber composites are extensively given.

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“…4a). The lignocellulosic fibers with areca have cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin content that add to the mechanical properties of the composites (Maurya et al 2017;Kurien et al 2023). The alkali treatment with 5% NaOH created a barrier formation in the fibers which reduced water absorption properties of natural fibers (Sumesh and Kanthavel 2020;Rajeshkumar 2021).…”

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Mechanical, morphological and wear resistance of natural fiber / glass fiber-based polymer composites

Sumesh,

Palanisamy,

Khan

et al. 2024

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Natural fibers along with glass fibers were used as the reinforcement of an epoxy matrix for the betterment of mechanical and wear applications. The combination of overall wt% up to 20 resulted in 23.8 MPa of tensile strength compared to 15.5 MPa for untreated fibers. The wt% of areca fiber (AF) (20 wt%)/glass fibers (GF) (20 wt%) with 5% alkali treatment yielded a maximum tensile strength up to 62.6% in comparison to untreated fiber at lowest percentage of 10 wt%. The increase in flexural strength with alkali treatment was observed from 20 to 50 wt% hybrid fiber incorporation. The alkali treated fibers, untreated fiber combinations achieved 33.8% and 26.8% improvement with impact properties. A decrease in the wear loss was shown with the increase in wt% of hybrid fiber incorporation from 20 to 40 wt%. The interfacial adhesion of fiber with matrix created a pressure absorbing zone that was positively influenced with applying higher loads. The frictional rate was highly increasing with increase in hybrid fiber wt% and also with higher loads applied. The SEM results for treated 20 wt% AF+20 wt% GF with hybrid fiber incorporation observed better results due to improved adhesion of fiber with matrix phase.

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A comprehensive review on the mechanical, physical, and thermal properties of abaca fibre for their introduction into structural polymer composites

Cited by 14 publications

References 159 publications

Mechanical properties of epoxy composites reinforced with Areca catechu fibers containing silicon carbide

Mechanical properties of epoxy composites reinforced with Areca catechu fibers containing silicon carbide

A review on natural fiber composites: Polymer matrices, fiber surface treatments, fabrication methods, properties, and applications

Mechanical, morphological and wear resistance of natural fiber / glass fiber-based polymer composites

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