Title: TRANSPORT AND FLAME PROPERTIES OF NATURAL FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS
Page Range: p.753-764
Author(s): Torres F G; Flores R; Dienstmaier J F; Quintana O A
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Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
Issue Year: ppc
Volume: 13
Issue No: No. 8
Abstract
The thermal conductivity, water absorption and linear burn rate of sisal fibre-reinforced HDPE and degradable starch-based polymers were investigated. The effect of fibre content, moisture and void fractions on the thermal conductivity was studied. From the water absorption tests, it was determined that water diffusion in natural fibre-reinforced plastics corresponded to a Fickian process only in the early stages of diffusion. Diffusivities were obtained for that case. Linear burn rate experiments showed that sisal reinforced polymers burned twice as fast as unreinforced HDPE specimens. The reinforced specimens, however, showed better structural integrity during burning than the unreinforced ones, probably due to an increase in viscosity and melt strength, because of the presence of reinforcing fibres. 39 refs.
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