Palm fiber-LDPE composites were prepared by a film-stacking method studying the effects of fibers content, their length, processing temperature and alkaline treatment on tensile modulus and modulus efficiency factor. It was found that up to 5 wt.% and processing temperature to 160°C in addition to alkaline treatment improved the tensile modulus and modulus efficiency factor to a certain limit due to an enhancement in load carrying and interfacial adhesion, also it was obvious that long fibers play a positive role in load transfer; improving the tensile modulus and its efficiency factor due to effective load transfer. Ductility was decreased due to the brittle behavior of the fibers.

العنوان

Journal of Natural Fibers

الناشر

Taylor and Francis

بلد الناشر

المملكة المتحدة

Indexing

Thomson Reuters

معامل التأثير

1,48

نوع المنشور

Both (Printed and Online)

المجلد

18

السنة

2021

الصفحات

1395-1403