Journal
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
Volume 40, Issue 5, Pages 669-674Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.03.002
Keywords
Polymer-matrix composites; Fibres; Mechanical properties; Surface treatments
Funding
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2007BAE41B01, 2007BAE411302]
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A biocomposite was originally fabricated with biodegradable polymer PBS and jute fibre, and the effects of fibre surface modification on characteristics of jute fibre and mechanical properties of the biocomposite were evaluated in this paper. The experimental results show that surface modification can remove surface impurities and reduce diameter of jute fibres. Regarding the mechanical properties of biocomposites, it is observed that the biocomposites with jute fibres treated by 2% NaOH, 2 + 5% NaOH or coupling agent, respectively, an optimum in mechanical properties can obtain at fibre content of 20 wt.%, which exhibit an obvious enhancement in mechanical strength and modulus compared to the ones with untreated jute fibre. Furthermore, surface modification also exhibits less effects on flexural properties compared to tensile properties and more on flexural or tensile modulus than on the strength. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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