Production and Properties of Short Jute and Short E-Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene-Based Composites

Khan, Nuruzzaman; Roy, Juganta K.; Akter, Nahid; Zaman, Haydar U.; Islam, Tuhidul; Khan, Ruhul A.

doi:10.4236/ojcm.2012.22006

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“…Fabricating composites by using natural fibers has been of great interest because natural fiber is biodegradable and environment friendly [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Composites are inexpensive and also not harmful to the environment.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The most vital part of a composite are the matrix materials. As a matrix material, polypropylene has been extensively used with natural fibers in composite preparation [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Polypropylene (PP) is an amorphous thermoplastic polymer and is extensively used as an engineering thermoplastic material for its various important characteristics such as its dimensional stability, transparency, high heat distortion temperature, flame resistance and high impact strength.…”

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Mechanical, Degradation and Water Uptake Properties of Fabric Reinforced Polypropylene Based Composites: Effect of Alkali on Composites

Hoque¹,

Solaiman²,

Alam

et al. 2018

Fibers

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In this study, a fabric was manufactured consisting of 50% pineapple, 25% jute and 25% cotton fibers by weight, to make composites using polypropylene (PP) as a matrix material. We used compression molding technique, which kept 30% of the fabric content by total weight as the composite. The tensile strength (TS), tensile modulus (TM), elongation break (Eb%), bending strength (BS) and bending modulus (BM) were investigated. From analyzed data, it was found that the composite values of TS, TM, Eb%, BS and BM were 58 MPa, 867 MPa, 22.38%, 42 MPa and 495 MPa, respectively. The TS, TM, Eb%, BS and BM of the neat polypropylene sheet were 28 MPa, 338 MPa, 75%, 20 MPa and 230 MPa, respectively. Due to fabric reinforcement, composite values for TS, TM, BS and BM increased 107%, 156%, 110% and 115%, respectively in comparison with a polypropylene sheet. A water absorption test was performed by dipping the composite samples in deionized water and it was noticed that water absorption was lower for PP-based composites. For investigating the effect of alkali, we sunk the composites in a solution containing 3%, 5% and 7% sodium hydroxide alkali solutions by weight, for 60 min after which their mechanical properties were investigated. A degradation test was carried out by putting the samples in soil for six months and it was noticed that the mechanical properties of fabric/PP composites degraded slowly.

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Mechanical, Degradation and Water Uptake Properties of Fabric Reinforced Polypropylene Based Composites: Effect of Alkali on Composites

Hoque¹,

Solaiman²,

Alam

et al. 2018

Fibers

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“…Glass fiber is widely used as an insulating material. It is relatively cheap and easily accessible and it also improves mechanical properties of many polymer products (Khan et al 2012). Therefore it has been used as a synthetic reinforcement to form a very strong and light fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite material known as glass fiber-reinforced plastic (GRP), or fiberglass.…”

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Comparative Life-Cycle Assessment Study of Kenaf Fiber-Based and Glass Fiber-Based Structural Insulation Panels

Batouli

Zhu

2013

Iccrem 2013

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A significant proportion of energy is consumed in the building sector. Prodigious amount of this energy is utilized to provide proper temperature in buildings. One energy-efficient building technology which is growingly used for wall, partitions and flooring is called structural insulated panel (SIP). SIPs have several advantages such as good mechanical properties and relatively low cost. However, the OSB used in the conventional SIPs can cause serious environmental implications. In order to alleviate these implications and other shortcomings of OSB-based SIPs, one natural (kenaf) and one synthetic (glass fiber) fiber are proposed to be used in structural skin layer of SIPs. The environmental performance of kenaf fiber-based and glass fiber-based SIPs are then compared. The environmental impact analysis follows the life cycle assessment framework of ISO 14040 -14043, including goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, impact assessment and interpretation. Based on the 12 impact categories in the Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES) set of impact categories, LCA results indicate that kenaf-based SIP has less negative environmental impacts in terms of all impact categories.

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“…Short jute fiber (2-3 mm) reinforced polypropylene based composites (20% fiber by weight) were fabricated using compression molding and the mechanical properties were evaluated. Hardness of the composites were found to be 96 shore-A [9]. Physico-mechanical properties of jute-coir fiber reinforced hybrid polypropylene composites were tested by Salma Siddika et al Composites were manufactured by using hot press machine at four levels of fiber loading (5, 10, 15 and 20 Wt %).…”

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Optimum Process Parameters Selection for Brinell Hardness Number of Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Using Taguchi Method

Yusuf¹,

Islam²,

Ali³

et al. 2019

SJET

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Now-a-days, natural fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites have received large attention of the researchers in various applications. The properties of natural fiber composites to a large extent influenced by the type of fibers, treatment method, types of hardener and resin, and fabrication method. In the present study, the hardness behavior of sponge gourd, coir, and jute fiber reinforced thermosetting resin-based composite has been investigated experimentally. Natural fibers were treated with 5% NaOH solution by volume and hand lay-up technique was used to fabricate these composites. The Wt% (weight percentage) ratio of resin and hardener, Wt% of resin & hardener in composite, Wt% ratio of sponge gourd & jute, and Wt% ratio of sponge gourd & coir are considered as control factors which were optimized using Taguchi L9 orthogonal design of experiments. The optimal control factor combination for maximum Brinell hardness was found out and the predicted optimal value, obtained from Taguchi analysis, of Brinell hardness was confirmed by validation experiments. At last, the interactions between control factors or input parameters with Brinell hardness are revealed graphically by interaction plots.

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Production and Properties of Short Jute and Short E-Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene-Based Composites

Cited by 40 publications

References 19 publications

Mechanical, Degradation and Water Uptake Properties of Fabric Reinforced Polypropylene Based Composites: Effect of Alkali on Composites

Mechanical, Degradation and Water Uptake Properties of Fabric Reinforced Polypropylene Based Composites: Effect of Alkali on Composites

Comparative Life-Cycle Assessment Study of Kenaf Fiber-Based and Glass Fiber-Based Structural Insulation Panels

Optimum Process Parameters Selection for Brinell Hardness Number of Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Using Taguchi Method

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