Morphological, thermal and mechanical characterization of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) fibres as potential reinforcement in polymer composites

被引：430

作者：

De Rosa, Igor Maria ^{[2
]}

Kenny, Jose Maria ^{[3
]}

Puglia, Debora ^{[3
]}

Santulli, Carlo ^{[1
]}

Sarasini, Fabrizio ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Rome, Dept Elect Engn, I-00184 Rome, Italy

[2] Univ Rome, Res Ctr Nanotechnol Appl Engn CNIS, I-00184 Rome, Italy

[3] Univ Perugia, Civil & Engn Dept, I-05100 Terni, Italy

来源：

COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 2010年 / 70卷 / 01期

关键词：

Natural fibres; Mechanical properties; Infrared (IR) spectroscopy; Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA); POLYPROPYLENE MATRIX COMPOSITES; NATURAL FIBERS; CHEMICAL-MODIFICATION; SISAL FIBERS; SURFACE MODIFICATION; TENSILE BEHAVIOR; FLAX FIBERS; CELLULOSE; HEMP; DEGRADATION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.09.013

中图分类号：

TB33 [复合材料];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Okra technical fibres are extracted from the stem of a plant of the Malvaceae family (Abelmoschus esculentus), which is originally from Egypt, but is also cropped in Southern Asia and elsewhere for nutritional purposes. Their use as potential reinforcement in polymer composites requires the understanding of their microstructure and mechanical properties. This work investigates the morphology of the technical fibres through optical and electron microscopy and their thermal behaviour through thermogravimetric analysis. Single fibre tensile tests were performed in order to obtain their mechanical properties and the results were analyzed through a two-parameter Weibull distribution. The fracture modes of okra fibres were also addressed. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：116 / 122

页数：7

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