Research Article
Cellulose Fiber-Reinforced PLA versus PP
Table 1
Tensile characteristics of PLA, PP, and their composites (mean value
standard deviation).
| Material | Tensile strength in MPa | Young’s modulus in GPa | Elongation at break in % |
| Compression molded samples |
| PP | 13.5 (1.0) | 0.73 (0.08) | >200 | PLA | 51.9 (3.6) | 3.44 (0.23) | 1.7 (0.2) | Lyocell/PP | 33.3 (3.5) | 2.50 (0.29) | 3.8 (0.8) | Lyocell/PLA | 87.6 (8.1) | 9.95 (0.75) | 3.6 (0.4) |
| Injection molded samples |
| PP | 19.6 (0.3) | 1.40 (0.22) | >200 | PLA | 59.9 (0.2) | 3.57 (0.25) | 2.0 (0.2) | Lyocell/PP | 31.4 (1.0) | 3.51 (0.15) | 2.7 (0.4) | Lyocell/PLA | 69.4 (1.6) | 7.92 (0.69) | 1.0 (0.2) |
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