Enhancement on Mechanical and Thermal Properties of PLA Biocomposites Due to the Addition of Hybrid Sisal Fibers |
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| Authors: | Zhihua Zhu Chaolin Ye Wuchang Fu |
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| Affiliation: | 1. National Engineering Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China;2. The Key Laboratory of Polymer Processing Engineering, Ministry of Education, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China |
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| Abstract: | Hybrid sisal fibers (HSFs) were made by mixing untreated sisal fibers (USFs) with alkali treated sisal fibers (ASFs), and blended with PLA matrix to make PLA/HSFs composite. It was found that the reinforced effect of HSFs was better than that of ASFs. Impact strength and crystallinity of PLA/HSFs had obvious improvements. β crystal of PLA was found from the XRD graph of PLA/HSFs, which may lead to an enhance in the impact strength and thermal stability. |
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| Keywords: | Crystallinity hybrid sisal fibers impact strength PLA β crystal |
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