Water Absorption and FTIR Analysis of Three Type Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
- DOI
- 10.2991/ifeea-15.2016.56How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Natural fibers; Water absorption; FTIR; Surface modification; Composite
- Abstract
Surface treatment of three natural fibers including cellulose (CE), sawdust (SD) and wheat straw (WS) were carried out with triethoxysilane (AS), methacriloxy propyl trimethoxy silane (MS), and maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP), respectively. Then the composites reinforced by these natural fibers were studied by water absorption and FTIR. It was found that water absorption decreased with employment of coupling agents. Among the coupling agents, MAPP exhibited the best performance in decreasing water absorption. In addition, FTIR analysis revealed the decrease in hydrophilicity of fibers with silane treatment and new bond formations with employment of MAPP.
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- © 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Xianyi Shao AU - Luju He AU - Li Ma PY - 2016/01 DA - 2016/01 TI - Water Absorption and FTIR Analysis of Three Type Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites BT - Proceedings of the 2015 2nd International Forum on Electrical Engineering and Automation (IFEEA 2015) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 269 EP - 272 SN - 2352-5401 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ifeea-15.2016.56 DO - 10.2991/ifeea-15.2016.56 ID - Shao2016/01 ER -