A Review of Structural Performance of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Fiber in Polymer Composites

Table 4

Flexural properties of OPF composites.

Property	Fiber content	Polymer	Value	Researcher
Flexural strength (MPa)	6% OPF, 9% GF; OPF/GF/GF 3 Layers	Polyester^b	163.3	[16]
	14% OPF, 6% GF; OPF/OPF/GF 3 Layers	Polyester^b	146.7	[16]
	18% OPF	Polyester^b	33.9	[16]
	5% OPF	Epoxy^a	40.9	[12]
	10% OPF	Epoxy^a	51	[12]
	40% OPF	Epoxy^a	41.7	[6]
	40% OPF/Jute/OPF	Epoxy^c	44.3	[6]
	40% Jute/OPF/Jute	Epoxy^c	49	[6]
	40% Jute	Epoxy^c	75.5	[6]
Flexural modulus (MPa)	40% OPF	Epoxy^c	2300	[6]
	40% OPF/Jute/OPF	Epoxy^c	2680	[6]
	40% Jute/OPF/Jute	Epoxy^c	3070	[6]
	Jute	Epoxy^c	4320	[6]