Development of corn starch based green composites reinforced with Saccharum spontaneum L fiber and graft copolymers - Evaluation of thermal, physico-chemical and mechanical properties
Development of corn starch based green composites reinforced with Saccharum spontaneum L fiber and graft copolymers - Evaluation of thermal, physico-chemical and mechanical properties
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DOI:
10.1016/j.biortech.2010.03.113
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发表时间:
2010-09-01
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11.4
通讯作者:
Maiti, M.
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作者:
Kaith, B. S.;Jindal, R.;Maiti, M.
In this paper, corn starch based green composites reinforced with graft copolymers of Saccharum spontaneum L. (Ss) fiber and methyl methacrylates (MMA) and its mixture with acrylamide (Mm), acrylonitrile (AN), acrylic acid (AA) were prepared. Resorcinol-formaldehyde (Rf) was used as the cross-linking agent in corn starch matrix and different physico-chemical, thermal and mechanical properties were evaluated. The matrix and composites were found to be thermally more stable than the natural corn starch backbone. Further the matrix and composites were subjected for biodegradation studies through soil cornposting method. Different stages of biodegradation were evaluated through FT-IR and scanning electron microscopic (SEM) techniques. S. spontaneum L fiber-reinforced composites were found to exhibit better tensile strength. On the other hand Ss-g-poly (MMA) reinforced composites showed maximum compressive strength and wear resistance than other graft copolymers reinforced composite and the basic matrix. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.