Preparation and characterization of natural silk fiber-reinforced polypropylene and synthetic E-glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene composites: a comparative study
Bombyx mori silk fiber-reinforced polypropylene (PP) matrix and E-glass fiber-reinforced PP matrix composites were fabricated using compression molding. The prepared silk/PP composite tensile strength (TS), bending strength (BS), and impact strength (IS) were 55.1 MPa, 56.3 MPa, and 17 kJ/m2, respec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2011
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| Online Access: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25933/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25933/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25933/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25933/1/Preparation%20and%20characterization%20of%20natural%20silk%20fiber-reinforced%20polypropylene%20.pdf |
| Summary: | Bombyx mori silk fiber-reinforced polypropylene (PP) matrix and E-glass fiber-reinforced PP matrix composites were fabricated using compression molding. The prepared silk/PP composite tensile strength (TS), bending strength (BS), and impact strength (IS) were 55.1 MPa, 56.3 MPa, and 17 kJ/m2, respectively. E-glass fiber-reinforced PP matrix composites were fabricated in the same way and TS, BS, and IS values of these composites were 128.7 MPa, 141.6 MPa, and 19 kJ/m2, respectively. Environmental degradation of the composites showed that silk/PP composites degrade faster. Other degradation studies like thermal aging and soil degradation tests also gave similar result. |
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