Abstract
Abstract: Hazardous effects of plastic on human health and environment have accelerated the rate of research in the field of natural fiber composites. Coconut sheath is having potential to be used as a reinforcement to produce biodegradable composite. In this paper naturally woven coconut leaf sheath reinforced corn starch based, potato starch based composites and Low density polyethylene (LDPE) based composites were prepared. Polyvinyl Alcohol was used as blending polymer. Composites with increasing coconut sheath reinforcement layers have been prepared. Further the prepared composites were subjected to tensile testing, Potato starch based coconut sheath reinforced composites were found to exhibit better tensile strength.
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