Plasma Treatment of Agave Fiber Powder and Its Effect on the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Composites Based on Polyethylene

Table 1

Mechanical properties of composites with pristine AFP at 5, 10, and 20 wt% (200 and 325 mesh).

Composite	AFP (%)	Young’s modulus (MPa)	Stress at break (MPa)	Elongation at break (%)
LDPE	0	129.9 ± 19.1	13.3 ± 0.3	453.4 ± 18.3
NMF-5-M200	5	157.0 ± 21.4	10.6 ± 0.5	64.9 ± 8.7
NMF-10-M200	10	173.9 ± 15.0	11.3 ± 0.1	46.1 ± 1.2
NMF-20-M200	20	171.7 ± 10.9	10.4 ± 0.2	32.8 ± 9.2
NMF-5-M325	5	167.7 ± 8.70	11.2 ± 0.4	72.8 ± 4.0
NMF-10-M325	10	185.0 ± 15.0	11.8 ± 0.1	42.4 ± 7.4
NMF-20-M325	20	231.8 ± 6.30	12.7 ± 0.4	18.6 ± 4.0