Journal
RADIATION EFFECTS AND DEFECTS IN SOLIDS
Volume 172, Issue 11-12, Pages 904-914Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10420150.2017.1417409
Keywords
Ionizing radiation; polypropylene; disaccharide (sucrose); jute fabrics; composites; gamma radiation
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Composites were prepared successfully by compression molding technique using jute fabrics (reinforcing agent) and polypropylene (matrix). Jute fabrics were treated with disaccharide (sucrose) solution and composites were fabricated with the treated fabric and polypropylene. The fiber content of the prepared composites was 40% by weight. It was found that the sucrose (2% solution) decreased the tensile strength (TS) and elongation at break about 6% and 37%, respectively, but tensile modulus and impact strength improved about 27% and 32%, respectively. When gamma radiation was applied through the untreated and treated composites the mechanical properties were improved much higher in non-treated Jute/PP-based composites than that of sucrose treated composites. For 5.0kGy gamma dose the highest mechanical properties were observed for non-treated composites. At 5.0kGy gamma dose the improvement of TS was 14% and 2% for non-treated and sucrose treated composites, respectively. The water uptake property of the sucrose treated composites was performed up to 10 days and composites absorbed 18% water. The functional groups of the both composites were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy machine. The scanning electron microscopic images of the both composites were taken for the surface and fiber adhesion analysis.
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