Physico-mechanical properties of coir fiber/LDPE composites: Effect of chemical treatment and compatibilizer

Nirupama Prasad; Vijay Kumar Agarwal; Shishir Sinha

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.32, No.12, 2534-2541, December, 2015

DOI10.1007/s11814-015-0069-z Export Citation

Physico-mechanical properties of coir fiber/LDPE composites: Effect of chemical treatment and compatibilizer

Nirupama Prasad^†, Vijay Kumar Agarwal, and Shishir Sinha

Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttrakhand, India

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Coir fiber/low density polyethylene (LDPE) composites were fabricated with different fiber loading (10-30 wt%) using compression molding technique. A fiber loading of 20 wt% was found optimum, with maximum mechanical properties. Further, the effect of fiber treatment (alkali and acrylic acid) and compatibilizer (MA-g-LDPE) incorporation on the mechanical and water absorption properties of the LDPE composites were studied and compared. The results showed that MA-g-LDPE incorporation into untreated and treated fiber composites led to improved mechanical properties and water resistance compared with the same composite formulation without MA-g-LDPE. However, treated fiber composites with MA-g-LDPE showed lower mechanical properties than untreated fiber without MA-g-LDPE, due to the removal of hydroxyl groups from the hemicellulose and lignin region of the fiber and degradation of fibers by chemical attack. From SEM studies on the tensile fractured composite samples, a good relationship has been observed between the morphological and mechanical properties.

Keywords:Coir Fiber;LDPE Composites;MA-g-LDPE;Mechanical Properties;Water Absorption

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[2] Ayrilmis N, Jarusombuti S, Fueangvivat V, Bauchongkol P, Fibers Polym., 12, 919 (2011)

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[38] Yang HS, Kim HJ, Park HJ, Lee BJ, Hwang TS, Compos. Struct., 72, 429 (2006)

[39] Punyamurthy R, Sampathkumar D, Bennehalli B, Srinivasa CV, Chem. Sci. Trans., 2, 413 (2013)