# EFFECT OF WATER ABSORPTION ON INTERFACE AND TENSILE PROPERTIES OF BANANA FIBRE REINFORCED FUNCTIONALIZED POLYPROPYLENE (BF/CFPP) COMPOSITES DEVELOPED BY PALSULE PROCESS

> Title: EFFECT OF WATER ABSORPTION ON INTERFACE AND TENSILE PROPERTIES OF BANANA FIBRE REINFORCED FUNCTIONALIZED POLYPROPYLENE (BF/CFPP) COMPOSITES DEVELOPED BY PALSULE PROCESS Page Range: p.103-112 Author(s): Priyanka; Sanjay Palsule File size: 141K Download the pdf (subscribers only) Buy the pdf (non-subscribers) Journal:...

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Published: 2013-02-01T00:00:00+00:00
Categories: Applied Polymer Composites

**Title: EFFECT OF WATER ABSORPTION ON INTERFACE AND TENSILE PROPERTIES OF BANANA FIBRE REINFORCED FUNCTIONALIZED POLYPROPYLENE (BF/CFPP) COMPOSITES DEVELOPED BY PALSULE PROCESS**
 Page Range: p.103-112
 Author(s): Priyanka; Sanjay Palsule
 File size: 141K
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 Journal: Applied Polymer Composites
 Issue Year: apc
 Volume: 1
 Issue No: No.2

**Abstract**
 Banana fibre (BF) reinforced chemically functionalised high density polypropylene (CFPP) composites (BF/CFPP) developed by Palsule process of using modified matrix, immersed in distilled water at room temperature for long duration, showed water absorption higher than that of the CFPP that increased with increasing fibre content in the composite compositions. Tensile modulus and tensile strength of the wet composite compositions was lower than that of the dry BF/CFPP composite compositions. Voids, capillary water transport and hydrogen bonds promote water absorption in BF/CFPP composites. 19 Refs.

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