Are 100% Green Composites and Green Thermoplastics the New Materials for the Future?

Table 1

Comparison between flax fibres and inorganic fibres performances.

Nature of fibre	Density	Specific modulus (MNm/kg)
Glass E	2.6	28–30
Carbon	1.7–2	230–600
SiC	2.5	70–80
Flax	1.3–1.5	25–85