Mechanical and thermal characterization of sisal fiber reinforced polylactic acid composites
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Zineb Samouh
Laboratory LPMC, Faculty of Science El Jadida, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco
Laboratory REMTEX, ESITH (Higher School of Textile and Clothing Industries), Casablanca, Morocco
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Zineb Samouh, Laboratory LPMC, Faculty of Science El Jadida, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorKolos Molnar
Department of Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
MTA–BME Research Group for Composite Science and Technology, Műegyetem rkp. 3., H-1111, Budapest, Hungary
Search for more papers by this authorFrançois Boussu
ENSAIT, GEMTEX, Univ. Lille North of France, F-59100 Roubaix, France
Search for more papers by this authorOmar Cherkaoui
Laboratory REMTEX, ESITH (Higher School of Textile and Clothing Industries), Casablanca, Morocco
Search for more papers by this authorReddad El Moznine
Laboratory LPMC, Faculty of Science El Jadida, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Zineb Samouh
Laboratory LPMC, Faculty of Science El Jadida, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco
Laboratory REMTEX, ESITH (Higher School of Textile and Clothing Industries), Casablanca, Morocco
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Zineb Samouh, Laboratory LPMC, Faculty of Science El Jadida, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorKolos Molnar
Department of Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
MTA–BME Research Group for Composite Science and Technology, Műegyetem rkp. 3., H-1111, Budapest, Hungary
Search for more papers by this authorFrançois Boussu
ENSAIT, GEMTEX, Univ. Lille North of France, F-59100 Roubaix, France
Search for more papers by this authorOmar Cherkaoui
Laboratory REMTEX, ESITH (Higher School of Textile and Clothing Industries), Casablanca, Morocco
Search for more papers by this authorReddad El Moznine
Laboratory LPMC, Faculty of Science El Jadida, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco
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The advantages of green composites are including, but not limited to their environmental friendly nature, lightweight, reduction of production energy and costs, and recyclability. This work focuses on the mechanical, thermal, and dynamic mechanical properties of biocomposites. For that purpose, biosourced polymers were used, namely polylactic acid (PLA) and sisal fiber, and biocomposites were extruded and then injection molded with different contents of sisal fibers (5%, 10%, 15%). The results show that the increase of the rate of reinforcement improves the mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties of the biocomposites made. By the increase of the sisal fiber content, the degree of crystallinity of the matrix was increased from 47% to 61%, as sisal fibers were acted as a nucleating agent for the PLA.
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