Abstract
Nowadays, utilization of biodegradable materials has become necessary in order to maintain global environmental and ecological balance. ‘Green’ composites offered the possible solution to waste disposal problems associated with traditional petroleum derived plastics. The use of plastics based on removable resources is enormous now a day for the development of true bio-composites. Fully biodegradable ‘Green’ textile composites have been prepared from Ecoflex and ramie fabric. Textile composites were fabricated from the Ecoflex polymer and the ramie fabric by hot compression molding technique. Interactions at the fiber–matrix interface and the compatibility between ramie fabric and Ecoflex polymer will affect the properties of the system. The mechanical property and barrier property of the composites were investigated. Static mechanical properties such as tensile strength, tensile modulus, and elongation at break of the textile bio-composites were analyzed. Sorption characteristics of water, oil and diesel in the textile composites were analyzed in order to determine its outdoor applications and the influence of macro fibers on the transport phenomena was investigated. The kinetics of sorption-diffusion process were investigated. Kinetic parameters such as n, k, diffusion coefficient, permeability, solubility parameter, % swelling index, etc., were analyzed. The water sorption mechanism in the textile composites was found to exhibit slight deviation from Fickian mode.
Highlights
This template, Plastic materials are commonly used in agricultural practices for a variety of applications that include mulch films, greenhouse construction materials, packaging materials etc. [1]
“Green” composites offered the possible solution to waste disposal problems associated with traditional petroleum derived plastics
Biodegradable “green” composites have been prepared from Ecoflex neat/ramie fabric
Summary
This template, Plastic materials are commonly used in agricultural practices for a variety of applications that include mulch films, greenhouse construction materials, packaging materials etc. [1]. Interest in the use of naturally degradable and/or biodegradable polymers for plastic manufacturing, for use in agriculture, has grown considerably in recent years [2,3]. Have been tested in order to examine their properties with special emphasis on the suitability of such polymers for use as matrix material for the fabrication of bio-composites especially with natural fibers [4]. The degradation characteristics of short sisal/Mater Bi-Y bio-composites by soil burial were investigated by Alvarez et al [6]. They observed a drop in mechanical properties of the composite as a function of exposure time
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