Influence of fiber chemical modification procedure on the mechanical properties and water absorption of MaterBi-Y/sisal fiber composites

In this work, the effect of the two most used fiber treatments: acetylation and alkaline-treatment and its variables: time and temperature for one constant concentration of catalyst, on the final properties of MaterBi-Y/sisal fiber composites was studied. It was demonstrated that this kind of treatm...

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Autores: Alvarez, Vera Alejandra, Vázquez, Analía
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/70776
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/70776
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:B. Interface
B. Mechanical Properties
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.10
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Sumario:In this work, the effect of the two most used fiber treatments: acetylation and alkaline-treatment and its variables: time and temperature for one constant concentration of catalyst, on the final properties of MaterBi-Y/sisal fiber composites was studied. It was demonstrated that this kind of treatments leads to several morphological changes like voids creation and fiber fibrillation. Acetylation for 1 h is an acceptable option when lower water uptake amount is let or high impact energy is required. On the other hand, alkaline treatment for two days at room temperature and 5% w/v NaOH leads to the highest flexural properties with high impact performance and low changes in the water uptake amount. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.