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Evaluation of the Interface Strength in the Abaca-Fiber-Reinforced Bio-Polyethylene Composites
Bio-based polymers, with any of their constituents based on nonrenewable sources, can answer the demands of society and regulations regarding minimizing the environmental impact. The more similar such biocomposites are to oil-based composites, the easier the transition, especially for companies that...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10304190/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37376332 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15122686 |
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author | Seculi, Faust Espinach, Francesc X. Julián, Fernando Delgado-Aguilar, Marc Mutjé, Pere Tarrés, Quim |
author_facet | Seculi, Faust Espinach, Francesc X. Julián, Fernando Delgado-Aguilar, Marc Mutjé, Pere Tarrés, Quim |
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description | Bio-based polymers, with any of their constituents based on nonrenewable sources, can answer the demands of society and regulations regarding minimizing the environmental impact. The more similar such biocomposites are to oil-based composites, the easier the transition, especially for companies that do not like the uncertainty. A BioPE matrix, with a structure similar to that of a high-density polyethylene (HDPE), was used to obtain abaca-fiber-reinforced composites. The tensile properties of these composites are displayed and compared with commercial glass-fiber-reinforced HDPE. Since the strength of the interface between the reinforcements and the matrix is responsible for the exploitation of the strengthening abilities of the reinforcements, several micromechanical models were used to obtain an estimation of the strength of the interface and the intrinsic tensile strength of the reinforcements. Biocomposites require the use of a coupling agent to strengthen their interface, and once an 8 wt.% of such coupling agent was added to the composites, these materials returned tensile properties in line with commercial glass-fiber-reinforced HDPE composites. |
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spelling | pubmed-103041902023-06-29 Evaluation of the Interface Strength in the Abaca-Fiber-Reinforced Bio-Polyethylene Composites Seculi, Faust Espinach, Francesc X. Julián, Fernando Delgado-Aguilar, Marc Mutjé, Pere Tarrés, Quim Polymers (Basel) Article Bio-based polymers, with any of their constituents based on nonrenewable sources, can answer the demands of society and regulations regarding minimizing the environmental impact. The more similar such biocomposites are to oil-based composites, the easier the transition, especially for companies that do not like the uncertainty. A BioPE matrix, with a structure similar to that of a high-density polyethylene (HDPE), was used to obtain abaca-fiber-reinforced composites. The tensile properties of these composites are displayed and compared with commercial glass-fiber-reinforced HDPE. Since the strength of the interface between the reinforcements and the matrix is responsible for the exploitation of the strengthening abilities of the reinforcements, several micromechanical models were used to obtain an estimation of the strength of the interface and the intrinsic tensile strength of the reinforcements. Biocomposites require the use of a coupling agent to strengthen their interface, and once an 8 wt.% of such coupling agent was added to the composites, these materials returned tensile properties in line with commercial glass-fiber-reinforced HDPE composites. MDPI 2023-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10304190/ /pubmed/37376332 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15122686 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Seculi, Faust Espinach, Francesc X. Julián, Fernando Delgado-Aguilar, Marc Mutjé, Pere Tarrés, Quim Evaluation of the Interface Strength in the Abaca-Fiber-Reinforced Bio-Polyethylene Composites |
title | Evaluation of the Interface Strength in the Abaca-Fiber-Reinforced Bio-Polyethylene Composites |
title_full | Evaluation of the Interface Strength in the Abaca-Fiber-Reinforced Bio-Polyethylene Composites |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of the Interface Strength in the Abaca-Fiber-Reinforced Bio-Polyethylene Composites |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the Interface Strength in the Abaca-Fiber-Reinforced Bio-Polyethylene Composites |
title_short | Evaluation of the Interface Strength in the Abaca-Fiber-Reinforced Bio-Polyethylene Composites |
title_sort | evaluation of the interface strength in the abaca-fiber-reinforced bio-polyethylene composites |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10304190/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37376332 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15122686 |
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