Preparation and characterization of polypropylene composites reinforced with chemically treated coir |
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Authors: | Md Mominul Haque Md Sakinul Islam Md Nazrul Islam |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh; |
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Abstract: | In the present work chemically treated coir reinforced polypropylene composites were fabricated by injection molding method.
Raw coir was chemically treated by a simple two-step reaction. The mechanical properties of the treated coir reinforced polypropylene
(PP) composites were found to be much improved compared to the corresponding values of the untreated ones. Water absorption
of the composites increased with an increase in fiber content. However, treated coir-PP composites showed lower water uptake
capacity compared to those prepared from untreated coir, indicating that upon chemical treatment the number of hydroxyl groups
in the cellulose of coir has decreased, giving reduced the hydrophilic nature of the fiber. The surface morphology of the
composites obtained from scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that raw coir-PP composites possess microvoids, fiber agglomerates
and surface roughness with extruded fiber moieties. However, due to favorable interaction between the treated coir and the
PP matrix, agglomerates and micro-voids in the composites have largely minimized showing better dispersion of the fiber in
the matrix. It was concluded that upon surface modification hydrophilic nature of coir has largely minimized, giving better
fiber-matrix interfacial adhesion and improved mechanical properties of the composites. |
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