Oil Palm Mesocarp Fiber as New Lignocellulosic Material for Fabrication of Polymer/Fiber Biocomposites

Table 3

Tensile strength, tensile modulus, and elongation at break of PBS, PBS/OPMF, and PBS/OPEFBF biocomposites.

Fiber content, (wt%)	Tensile strength, (MPa)		Tensile modulus, (MPa)		Elongation at break, (%)
	OPMF	OPEFBF	OPMF	OPEFBF	OPMF	OPEFBF
0	37.31±0.91^∗		248.90±4.40		470.00±55.20
10	25.55±1.60	25.67±0.39	301.50±6.41	313.20±2.40	19.60±2.87	17.33±1.29
20	19.91±0.95	19.69±1.01	349.60±8.36	382.00±29.60	13.72±1.37	13.40±1.38
30	17.43±0.69	16.98±0.88	375.33±10.89	372.93±42.86	9.93±0.90	9.81±1.73
40	16.74±1.19	15.55±0.34	421.90±38.60	425.20±42.80	7.10±0.57	6.18±1.96
50	15.50±1.04	14.32±0.46	474.20±4.24	469.90±54.20	4.73±0.22	4.70±1.00
60	14.56±0.66	12.85±1.28	470.50±21.70	412.00±48.80	3.35±0.06	3.08±0.42
70	13.86±0.73	10.80±0.83	94.80±7.60	77.00±25.46	2.50±0.29	2.38±0.10

∗Standard deviation.