Investigating the Physical Properties of Treated and Untreated Jute Fibre-Polyester Composites

Hossen, Jamal; Begum, Hosne Ara; Uddin, Md. Moslem; Isla, Mohammad Tajul; Islam, Mohammad Tajul

doi:10.3923/ajt.2018.13.21

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“…Furthermore, other types of treatments (bleaching, scouring, mercerization) [ 18 ] have also contributed to better bonding between the jute fiber and polymeric matrix material. Good bonding makes a good composite product.…”

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“…Similarly, other studies showed that the treated fiber with radioactivation [9,10] also improved performance in various fields like electrical wire, roofing material like celling, and structural materials like beams and panels. Furthermore, other types of treatments (bleaching, scouring, mercerization) [18] have also contributed to better bonding between the jute fiber and polymeric matrix material. Good bonding makes a good composite product.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Effect of Rot-, Fire-, and Water-Retardant Treatments on Jute Fiber and Their Associated Thermoplastic Composites: A Study by FTIR

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Natural renewable materials can play a big role in reducing the consumption of synthetic materials for environmental sustainability. Natural fiber-reinforced composites have attracted significant research and commercial importance due to their versatile characteristics and multi-dimensional applications. As the natural materials are easily rotten, flammable, and moisture absorbent, they require additional chemical modification for use in sustainable product development. In the present research, jute fibers were treated with rot-, fire-, and water-retardant chemicals and their corresponding polymer composites were fabricated using a compression molding technique. To identify the effects of the chemical treatments on the jute fiber and their polymeric composites, a Fourier transformed infrared radiation (FTIR) study was conducted and the results were analyzed. The presence of various chemicals in the post-treated fibers and the associated composites were identified through the FTIR analysis. The varying weight percentage of the chemicals used for treating the fibers affected the physio-mechanical properties of the fiber as well as their composites. From the FTIR analysis, it was concluded that crystallinity increased with the chemical concentration of the treatment which could be contributed to the improvement in their mechanical performance. This study provides valuable information for both academia and industry on the effect of various chemical treatments of the jute fiber for improved product development.

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Effect of Rot-, Fire-, and Water-Retardant Treatments on Jute Fiber and Their Associated Thermoplastic Composites: A Study by FTIR

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“…The impurities can disturb the fiber and polymer adhesion. Therefore, the treated biomass shows a better interfacial adhesion, after mercerization with Alkali solution [30,31]. The SEM analysis also indicated carbon as the most occurring element found in the biomass 7).…”

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Response Surface Optimization of Corn Husk Fiber Mercerization Using NaOH

Chukwuemeka

Nwabanne

Ugonabo

2021

JERR

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The optimum mercerization parameters for treatment of corn husk using NaOH were analyzed by response surface methodology (RSM). The surface morphology and chemical structures of the raw and NaOH-treated fibers were studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) to validate the RSM results. The optimum chemical characteristics of corn husk treated with NaOH obtained when 100g of corn husk biomass was mercerized in 2.5Mol/dm3 NaOH for 8 days were: cellulose -70.51%, hemicellulose -8.99%, lignin -6.54, weight loss – 92.27%, ash content -10.11% and extractive -3.78%. The model summary statistics showed that quadratic model best fitted the optimization analysis. The ANOVA results showed that weight loss, hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin contents of corn husk biomass were affected by retting time, retting concentration and weight of biomass. Cellulose content of corn husk was observed to increase with increment in retting time and retting concentration while the reverse is the case for hemicellulose and lignin contents. The NaOH-treated corn husk has higher cellulose content than the untreated corn husk biomass while the reverse is the case for hemicellulose and lignin. SEM images showed that untreated corn husk biomass has irregular cross-section, non-uniform surface and some impurities while NaOH treated is finely packed together. XRD graphs showed that cellulose is the predominant content of the fiber. The FTIR results also indicated a variation of the peaks of the curves after treatment which favors an increase in the cellulose content.

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“…A strong and broad absorption peak in the wavelength range between 3200 cm -1 and 3600 cm -1 was observed, which was due to the stretching vibration of O-H that belongs to hydroxyl groups in fibre. 13 Moreover, the peaks observed at 2923 cm -1 and 2850 cm -1 were attributed by the C-H stretching vibration. 4 A peak located at 1733 cm -1 was observed and it was attributed to the C=O stretching of ester carbonyl vibration in lignin.…”

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Properties of corn husk fibre reinforced epoxy composites fabricated using vacuum-assisted resin infusion

Koay¹,

Maimunah²,

Chan³

et al. 2020

JPS

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Corn husk is a non-fruit part of the corn and an agricultural waste. This research focuses on fabricating composite material from the corn husk fibre by using a vacuum assisted resin infusion (VARI) technique. The corn husk fibre was extracted using water retting method and treated with alkali and bleaching treatments using sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Then, those fibres were made into nonwoven fibre mat using water laid method. The fibre mat was infused with epoxy resin to make a composite. The mechanical result has shown that the composite with 20% of fibre has higher tensile strength and modulus compared to neat epoxy. Both treatments have removed the non-cellulose content, such as hemicellulose and lignin. Moreover, the treatments also promoted better interfacial adhesion between fibre and matrix. Thus, the NaOH treated and H2O2 treated composites showed approximately 56% and 82%, respectively, higher tensile strength than untreated composite. Both treated composites were also stiffer and exhibited lower water absorption compared to untreated composite.

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Investigating the Physical Properties of Treated and Untreated Jute Fibre-Polyester Composites

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Effect of Rot-, Fire-, and Water-Retardant Treatments on Jute Fiber and Their Associated Thermoplastic Composites: A Study by FTIR

Effect of Rot-, Fire-, and Water-Retardant Treatments on Jute Fiber and Their Associated Thermoplastic Composites: A Study by FTIR

Response Surface Optimization of Corn Husk Fiber Mercerization Using NaOH

Properties of corn husk fibre reinforced epoxy composites fabricated using vacuum-assisted resin infusion

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