Feather Fiber Reinforced Light-Weight Composites with Good Acoustic Properties

Huda, Shah; Yang, Yiqi

doi:10.1007/s10924-009-0130-2

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“…Moreover, due to its fibrous morphology, mechanical fiber has found applications as a reinforcing element of polypropylene and polyethylene (Mendez et al 2007;Lopez et al 2011 and. In this respect, it was also reported that natural fibers can be used as a substitute for wood-based raw materials and explored as filler for composite systems suitable for acoustic applications (Huda and Yang 2009). In that work, feather and jute fibers were used as a reinforcement element for lightweight composites with good acoustic properties.…”

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Acoustic Properties of Polypropylene Composites Reinforced With Stone Groundwood

López¹,

Mansouri²,

Fernández³

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a Currently, acoustic isolation is one of the problems raised with building construction in Spain. The publication of the Basic Document for the protection against noise of the Technical Building Code has increased the demand of comfort for citizens. This has created the need to seek new composite materials that meet the new required acoustical building codes. In this paper we report the results of the newly developed composites that are able to improve the acoustic isolation of airborne noise. These composites were prepared from polypropylene (PP) reinforced with mechanical pulp fibers from softwood (Pinus radiata). Mechanical and acoustical properties of the composites from mechanical pulp (MP) and polypropylene (PP) have been investigated and compared to fiberglass (FG) composites. MP composites had lower tensile properties compared with FG composites, although these properties can be improved by incorporation of a coupling agent. The results of acoustical properties of MP composites were reported and compared with the conventional composites based on fiberglass and gypsum plasterboards. Finally, we suggest the application of MP composites as a light-weight building material to reduce acoustic transmitions.

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Acoustic Properties of Polypropylene Composites Reinforced With Stone Groundwood

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Mansouri²,

Fernández³

et al. 2012

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“…6 Therefore, considerable attempts have been made to utilize feathers for various applications. [7][8][9][10][11] However, unlike plastics, feathers are nonthermoplastic that restrics the use of feathers for industrial applications. Feathers have to be chemically modified to make them thermoplastic.…”

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“…It has been shown that feather fibers and powdered feather quills can provide similar flexural and tensile properties to light-weight composites compared with using natural cellulose fibers such as jute as reinforcement. 10,11 However, it has been reported that feathers in their native form can provide better properties to light-weight composites compared with using feather fibers or powdered feather quills as reinforcement. 19 Feather fibers were also mixed with cellulose fiber as reinforcement and polypropylene as matrix to develop composites.…”

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Utilizing discarded plastic bags as matrix material for composites reinforced with chicken feathers

Yang¹,

Reddy²

2013

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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High-density polyethylene (HDPE) in used plastic bags was reinforced with chicken feathers to develop composites in an effort to add value and reduce the amount of the plastics and feathers disposed in landfills. Feathers are biodegradable, derived from renewable resource, and are inexpensive and HDPE in plastic bags is mostly discarded in landfills. Utilizing feathers as reinforcement for HDPE composites will provide an opportunity to develop environmentally friendly composites. In this research, HDPE plastic bags were reinforced with chicken feathers and the flexural, tensile and acoustic properties were studied. It was found that incorporating feathers substantially improved the flexural properties and tensile modulus. At the optimum condition, the HDPEfeather (50/50) composites had flexural strength of 13.9 MPa and stiffness of 0.45 N/mm compared to 9.8 MPa and 0.29 N/mm for 100% HDPE. The 50/50 HDPE-feather composite had similar tensile strength but more than twice the tensile modulus of neat HDPE.

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“…[1][2][3][4][5] For lightweight composites, the density of the composite is much lower than the combined densities of the reinforcing and matrix polymers leading to the creation of inherent voids. The presence of voids results in lightweight composites with inferior mechanical properties compared to similar consolidated composites.…”

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“…Chicken feathers (0.9 g cm −3 ) and biomass such as cornhusks (ca 1.2 g cm −3 ) that have low density have been used as reinforcement for lightweight composites. [2][3][4][5] Although their relatively high density restricts the use of natural cellulose fibers in lightweight automotive composites, natural cellulose fibers extracted from various biomasses such as cotton stalks and used as reinforcement in lightweight composites provide similar mechanical properties to polypropylene (PP) composites as jute fibers. 6 Milkweed floss is a unique natural fiber with a low density of about 0.9 g cm −3 due to the presence of a completely hollow center.…”

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Non‐traditional lightweight polypropylene composites reinforced with milkweed floss

Reddy

Yang

2010

Polymer International

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Lightweight composites are preferred for automotive applications due to the weight restrictions and also due to the presence of inherent voids that can enhance the sound absorption of these composites. The density of the reinforcing materials plays a crucial role in such lightweight composites. Milkweed is a unique natural cellulose fiber that has a completely hollow center and low density (0.9 g cm−3) unlike any other natural cellulose fiber. The low density of milkweed fibers will allow the incorporation of higher amounts of fiber per unit weight of a composite, which is expected to lead to lightweight composites with better properties. Polypropylene (PP) composites reinforced with milkweed fibers have much better flexural and tensile properties than similar PP composites reinforced with kenaf fibers. Milkweed fiber‐reinforced composites have much higher strength but are stiffer than kenaf fiber‐reinforced PP composites. Increasing the proportion of milkweed in the composites from 35 to 50% increases the flexural strength but decreases the tensile strength. The low density of milkweed fibers allows the incorporation of higher amounts of fibers per unit weight of the composites and hence provides better properties compared to composites reinforced with common cellulose fibers with relatively high density. This research shows that low‐density reinforcing materials can more efficiently reinforce lightweight composites. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry

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Feather Fiber Reinforced Light-Weight Composites with Good Acoustic Properties

Cited by 110 publications

References 12 publications

Acoustic Properties of Polypropylene Composites Reinforced With Stone Groundwood

Acoustic Properties of Polypropylene Composites Reinforced With Stone Groundwood

Utilizing discarded plastic bags as matrix material for composites reinforced with chicken feathers

Non‐traditional lightweight polypropylene composites reinforced with milkweed floss

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