The chemical composition of several non-woody plant fibers (bast fibers from flax, hemp, kenaf, jute; leaf fibers from sisal, abaca and curaua; and giant reed), which are used as raw materials for pulp and papermaking, has been evaluated. Particular attention was paid to the composition of the lipophilic compounds and the structure of the lignin polymer since they are important components of th...

The present work describes an investigation concerning the acetylation of celluloses extracted from short-life-cycle plant sources (i.e. sugarcane bagasse and sisal fiber) as well as microcrystalline cellulose. The acetylation was carried out under homogeneous conditions using the solvent system N,Ndimethylacetamide/lithium chloride. The celluloses were characterized, and the characterizations ...

Despite the use of modern materials, clay bricks are reasonably preferable materials nowadays. However, the moo fetched and flexibility of clay bricks are not related with tall natural and feasible values, particularly with regard to crude fabric sources and fabricating processes. Agricultural world is growing fast, with increased rural arrive development and land cultivation leading to massive...

Abstract Sisal fibre is an environmentally degradable material, with a higher tensile strength, it often used to improve the mechanical properties of cement-based composites. To investigate influence sisal size on strength mortar, first, fraction was kept constant (0.13 wt.%), several different lengths (0 40 mm) were mixed into mortar matrix, flexural test results showed that optimum length 30 ...

Natural fibres are possible substitutes for glass fibre in composite production because of their light weight, ease and biodegradability. The present study involves the use Taguchi grey relational analysis to optimize process parameters an epoxy based reinforced with sisal fibre. optimized Percentage by weight reinforcement, curing temperature, post time compounding pressure. A L16 orthogonal a...

The rough morphological structure of ternary blend composite membranes was studied. surface roughness the composites were analysed. Recurrent topographies and reliance length-scale on surfaces established in analysis done by scanning probe electron microscopy. with increasing amount sisal fibre exhibited higher surface.