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JOURNAL OF NATURAL FIBERS
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 931-942Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15440478.2020.1764443
Keywords
Ripe Bulrush fibers; alkali treatment; epoxy composites; fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy; x-ray diffraction; thermo-gravimetric analysis
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This study investigates the effects of alkalization on the properties of Ripe Bulrush fiber-reinforced composites. The results show that alkalization significantly improves the material properties and thermal stability.
Ripe Bulrush fibers (RBFs) is one of the grass fibers that have the potential to replace synthetic fibers. This work focuses on the effect of alkalization on characterization of Ripe Bulrush fiber-reinforced composites (RBRCs). The composites are fabricated by compression molding process and the characterization techniques such as Fourier transform infra-red (FTIR) spectroscopy analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies, Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis, Thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies have been carried out. From the results, it is found that the significant improvement in properties and more thermal stability due to the alkalization.
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