Journal
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
Volume 43, Issue 1, Pages 114-120Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.09.025
Keywords
Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs); Mechanical properties; Electron microscopy; Compression moulding
Funding
- Guangxi Graduate Student Educational Innovation Foundation of China [105931003022]
- Nanning Science and Technology key project of Guangxi, China [201002021A]
- Scientific Research and Technological Development Project of Guangxi, China [11107022-8]
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This current work is concerned with the pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse (SCB) by mechanical activation (MA) using a self-designed stirring ball mill and surface modification of SCB using aluminate coupling agent (ACA). The untreated and differently treated SCBs were used to produce composites with poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) as polymer matrix. The activation grade (A(g)) measurement and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis of SCB showed that MA enhanced the condensation reaction between ACA and hydroxyl groups of the SCB fibres, which obviously increased the hydrophobicity of SCB. It was found that the mechanical properties of both the PVC composites reinforced by SCB with and without ACA modification increased with increasing milling time (t(M)). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis showed that MA pretreatment significantly improved the dispersion of SCB in the composites and interfacial adhesion between SCB and PVC matrix, resulting in better mechanical properties of the composites. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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