A Review on Pineapple Leaves Fibre and Its Composites

Table 7

Physical and mechanical strength of PALF.

Density (g/cm^3)	Tensile strength (MPa)	Young’s modulus (GPa)	Specific strength (GPa/g/cm^3)	Specific modulus (GPa/g/cm^3)	Elongation at break (%)	Dia. (μm)	Microfibril angle	PALF fibre/reference
1.52	413–1627	34.5–82.51	0.3–1.1	22.7–54.3	1.6–3	20–80	—	[55]
1.526	170	62.10	1.1	40.70	3	—	—	[24]
1.44	413–1627	34.5–82.51	—	—	1.6	—	—	[56, 57]
1.526	413	62.10	—	—	1.6	50	—	[58]
1.07	126.60	4.405	—	—	2.2	—	—	[22]
	413–1627	34.5–82.5	—	—	1.6	20–80	14	[14]
1.526	170	6.260	—	—	3	—	—	[27]
1.52	170	6.21	—	—	3	—	—	[59]
1.07	126.60	4.405	—	—	2.2	—	—	[60]
1.526	413	6.5	—	—	1.6	30–60	—	[61]
1.526	170	62.10	—	—	3	—	—	[62]
1.44	413–1627	34.5–82.51	—	—	—	20–80	8–14	[63]
1.44	413–1627	34.5–82.51	—	—	1.6	20–80	—	[33]
1.44	170	6.26	—	—	1.6	5–30	12	[64]
1.526	413	4.2	—	—	3.0–4.0	50	14	[65]
1.440	—	—	—	—	—	1.56–4.5	8–15	[66]
—	293.08	18.934	—	—	1.41	150–300	—	[67]