Research Article
Effect of Sisal Fiber Surface Treatment on Properties of Sisal Fiber Reinforced Polylactide Composites
Table 1
Tensile properties of PLA and their composites with 30 wt.% sisal fibers.
| | Sample | Tensile strength (MPa) | Improvement (%) |
| | PLA | | — | | PLA/sisal 30% | | — | | PLA/PLA-co-PGMA treatment sisal 30% | | 6.23 (6.77) | | PLA/MPS-g-PLA treatment sisal 30% | | 4.81 (5.35) | | PEG-plasticized PLA | | — | | PEG-plasticized PLA/sisal 30% | | 21.81 | | PEG-plasticized PLA/PLA-co-PGMA treatment sisal 30% | | 40.17 | | PEG-plasticized PLA/MPS-g-PLA treatment sisal 30% | | 25.50 |
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Note: the figure in brackets was compared with that of PLA/sisal 30%.
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