Agro-Residues: Surface Treatment and Characterization of Date Palm Tree Fiber as Composite Reinforcement

Elbadry, Elsayed A.

doi:10.1155/2014/189128

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“…It was proven that chemical treatments improved the resulting fibers after treatment in terms of appearance and smoothness. This is supported by many studies such as [27] [28] that were conducted on flax and hemp, and the study of [29] [30], which were conducted on different parts of dates.…”

Section: Microscopic Examinationmentioning

confidence: 67%

Producing Spinnable Regenerated Cellulosic Fibers from Palm Fibers for Use in the Textile Industry

Badr¹

2022

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The textile industry is considered a major industry worldwide, and some countries use available domestic raw materials for textile manufacturing, being one of many other economic resources. Meanwhile, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is at the forefront of States paying great attention to the cultivation of palm trees due to their great importance, which are an indispensable traditional food for a large portion of the population. However, huge quantities of palm's by-products, especially palm fibers, are constantly wasted, although they can be effectively used to produce textiles of particular end uses such as ropes. This study, therefore, sought to explore the potential of extracting cellulose from palm fibers for use in the textile industry. The study has utilized the experimental approach by applying alkaline to palm fibers so as to extract inherent cellulose. It has also applied mechanical processing to turn cellulose into fibers. Fibers' physical properties (color, diameter, length), chemical properties (ratios of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin), and mechanical properties (tensile strength and elongation of fibers before and after treatment) were all studied. The study has proved that the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of regenerated cellulose fibers extracted from palm fibers are similar to those of other natural fibers such as bamboo and linen, and thus can be used in the textile industry. The study also compared different types of palm trees to determine the one that contains the largest concentration of cellulose. However, it was found that sugar palm fibers contain the highest cellulose concentration of 44% and therefore, it was selected for the application of the study's theory. The study recommends making use of palm fiber in manufacturing textiles for particular end uses such as ropes, fillings and filters, as well as applying the theory of the study to other plants that have not yet been manipulated.

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Section: Microscopic Examinationmentioning

confidence: 67%

Producing Spinnable Regenerated Cellulosic Fibers from Palm Fibers for Use in the Textile Industry

Badr¹

2022

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“…In consistency with the test findings obtained by these researchers, the consolidation of various concentrations of date palm fibres within the plaster increments the modulus of flexibility and water absorption. These outstanding properties indicating the low density of these fibres prompted many researchers to use these fibres for the development of bioderived composites [11][12][13][14].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of Luffa Sponge Fibre Mats Embedded in the Plaster Matrix

Kharrati,

Salhi,

Hidouri

et al. 2023

Acta Mechanica Et Automatica

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The present experimental research work aims to elaborate a new composite material (CM) composed of plasters reinforced with mats of long unidirectional luffa sponge fibres, treated chemically by 1% NaOH solution during 90 min at a temperature of 50°C, in orderto improve its thermomechanical and physical properties. The influence of fibre mat and fibre napping numbers of luffa sponge on density, porosity, flexural strength, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, thermal effusivity and specific heat capacity properties was investigatedto lower building energy consumption. As far as our case is concerned, we processed a composite using single, double and triple-layer luffa sponge fibre mats. In our study, we are basically confined our experiments to three-layer mats. The experimental results revealed that the networking structure of fibres increases the flexural strength and decreases the thermal conductivity for a two-layer fibre wire mesh imbedded in the plaster matrix as compared with the neat plaster. However, there is a decrease in strength for a triple-layer composite, which referred to poor wetting of the fiber with the matrix material.

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“…Chemical treatment of the ber surface is required to minimize the hydrophilic character of the natural ber and promote adhesion. [6] According to the literature, numerous ways have been investigated for surface modi cation of bers [7][8][9], with silane treatment being one of the more effective chemical methods for introducing surface hydrophobicity. [10][11][12] In Gulf countries, the date palm is one of the most widespread plants among all other trees.…”

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Surface Properties of Alkylsilane Treated Date Palm Fiber

Perera

Goyal

Alhassan

2022

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The present work focuses on investigating the effect of short chain alkylsilane treatment on the surface characteristic of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) fiber. Raw date palm fiber was treated with octylsilane and surface properties of treated fiber was investigated using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), contact angle analysis and X-ray diffraction (XRD) on configuring the thermal stability, chemical structures and surface properties (morphology, hydrophobicity and crystallinity). Thermal properties, hydrophobicity and crystallinity increased with introducing octylsilane compared to raw date palm fiber. The SEM and XRD experimental results showed that the alkylsilane treatment can effectively remove non-crystalline cellulosic materials. Thermal stability, hydrophobicity and crystallinity of the fibers were found to increase on alkylsilane-treatment. The results indicated that alkylsilane-treated DPFs were a suitable reinforcing substitute for hydrophobic polymer composite.

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Agro-Residues: Surface Treatment and Characterization of Date Palm Tree Fiber as Composite Reinforcement

Cited by 19 publications

References 32 publications

Producing Spinnable Regenerated Cellulosic Fibers from Palm Fibers for Use in the Textile Industry

Producing Spinnable Regenerated Cellulosic Fibers from Palm Fibers for Use in the Textile Industry

Effect of Luffa Sponge Fibre Mats Embedded in the Plaster Matrix

Surface Properties of Alkylsilane Treated Date Palm Fiber

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