Feasibility of Reprocessing Natural Fiber Filled Poly(lactic acid) Composites: An In-Depth Investigation

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Property</td><td class="align_center">Cycle 0</td><td class="align_center">Cycle 6</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Average fiber length (<i>μ</i>m)</td><td class="align_center">253.24</td><td class="align_center">111.15</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><svg height="11.927pt" id="M19" style="vertical-align:-3.291101pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 19.4584 11.927" width="19.4584pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M962 650H795L470 145L347 650H176L170 622C268 613 275 606 244 503L190 322C150 188 132 126 118 91C102 50 80 33 18 28L12 0H245L251 28C175 35 170 48 174 93C177 128 191 180 220 284L292 542H294C331 392 383 150 409 4H432L774 555H776L714 137C700 40 694 34 612 28L606 0H868L874 28C793 34 784 37 797 137L849 533C859 612 863 616 956 622L962 650Z" id="g113-78"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="985" vert-adv-y="985" xpluscharwidth="12.805"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,12.22,3.132)"><path d="M698 334C698 397 680 451 655 451C627 451 602 424 602 397C602 389 605 383 614 371C622 360 624 340 624 317C624 161 546 47 458 47C419 47 389 69 389 125C389 142 391 162 397 185L457 430L451 435L380 421L315 164C301 107 266 47 222 47C182 47 153 69 153 126C153 137 157 162 161 185C166 214 179 265 197 334C203 358 208 385 208 407C208 433 201 451 176 451C124 451 64 404 24 348L44 320C86 366 113 382 121 382C126 382 128 381 128 374C128 368 126 356 122 341C102 266 88 204 81 164C77 143 73 121 73 107C73 23 131 -12 187 -12C234 -12 281 10 322 45C343 5 383 -12 422 -12C559 -12 698 174 698 334Z" id="g50-120"></path><glyph.data ascent="3443" descent="-2856" horiz-adv-x="722" vert-adv-y="722" xpluscharwidth="18.79017834"></glyph.data></g></svg> (g/mole)</td><td class="align_center">151,115</td><td class="align_center">81,958</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><svg height="11.927pt" id="M20" style="vertical-align:-3.291101pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 17.5402 11.927" width="17.5402pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M962 650H795L470 145L347 650H176L170 622C268 613 275 606 244 503L190 322C150 188 132 126 118 91C102 50 80 33 18 28L12 0H245L251 28C175 35 170 48 174 93C177 128 191 180 220 284L292 542H294C331 392 383 150 409 4H432L774 555H776L714 137C700 40 694 34 612 28L606 0H868L874 28C793 34 784 37 797 137L849 533C859 612 863 616 956 622L962 650Z" id="g113-78"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="985" vert-adv-y="985" xpluscharwidth="12.805"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,12.22,3.132)"><path d="M504 89L488 119C453 85 428 69 416 69C408 69 405 75 412 102L462 304C492 438 460 451 436 451S388 441 356 423C311 397 229 336 170 256H168L189 340C208 418 200 451 177 451C144 451 82 413 24 352L40 322C65 345 98 369 108 369C114 369 119 363 112 335L28 -3L36 -12C54 -3 83 4 112 10C125 73 138 122 153 174C205 258 328 382 376 382C395 382 399 369 384 305L330 93C312 25 323 -12 351 -12C378 -12 439 21 504 89Z" id="g50-111"></path><glyph.data ascent="3443" descent="-2856" horiz-adv-x="512" vert-adv-y="512" xpluscharwidth="16.879184640000002"></glyph.data></g></svg> (g/mole)</td><td class="align_center">133,762</td><td class="align_center">50,742</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Polydispersity index (PDI)</td><td class="align_center">1.13</td><td class="align_center">1.62</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Fiber length and molecular weight of WF 30 PLA composite at cycle 0 and cycle 6.

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Table 2: Feasibility of Reprocessing Natural Fiber Filled Poly(lactic acid) Composites: An In-Depth Investigation 