TY - JOUR
AU1 - Durai, Praveen Nagarajan
AU2 - Viswalingam, Kathir
AU3 - Devi, M. Renuka
AB - The current study focuses on treated and untreated Musa acuminate peduncles fiber (MAPFs) reinforced polyester composites for lightweight application. For the first time, the impact of alkali treatment and fiber weight fraction on the mechanical, thermal, and morphological characteristics of MAPFs bonded polyester composites have been examined. The fiber from 0 to 25 wt% (alkali‐treated and raw) was reinforced with polyester matrix in compression/hand lay method. At 20 wt% of fiber, significant improvements in tensile strength (40.97 MPa), tensile modulus (1.18 GPa), impact (72.68 J/m), flexural strength (63.54 MPa) and flexural modulus (2.16 GPa) were recorded, whereas beyond reduces the properties. Following tensile testing, the fractured cross‐sections of the composite were investigated using scanning electron microscope, which demonstrated that the alkali‐treated MAPFs reinforced polyester composite had fewer voids and better fiber bonding. Thermogravimetric and atomic force microscopy analysis show that alkali‐treated MAPFs are a viable reinforcement for polyester matrix due to higher degradation temperature and surface roughness observations.
TI - Mechanical, surface morphological, and thermal properties of Musa acuminate peduncles fiber reinforced polyester composites: Fiber loading and alkalization impact
JF - Polymer Composites
DO - 10.1002/pc.26752
DA - 2022-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/mechanical-surface-morphological-and-thermal-properties-of-musa-so0BIqTU0g
SP - 4919
EP - 4929
VL - 43
IS - 8
DP - DeepDyve
ER -