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Performance tendency and morphological investigations of lignocellulosic tea/polyurethane biocomposite materials

This work investigates the effect of reinforcing conditions at optimal processing parameters on the morphological properties as well as the mechanical performance of tea/polyurethane bio-composites. Various reinforcing conditions were designed and prepared to reveal the performance tendency and effe...

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Main Authors: EI-Shekeil, Y. A., Al-Oqla, F. M., S. M., Sapuan
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Published: Springer 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87118/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00289-019-02947-0
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spelling my.upm.eprints.871182023-09-18T03:09:04Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87118/ Performance tendency and morphological investigations of lignocellulosic tea/polyurethane biocomposite materials EI-Shekeil, Y. A. Al-Oqla, F. M. S. M., Sapuan This work investigates the effect of reinforcing conditions at optimal processing parameters on the morphological properties as well as the mechanical performance of tea/polyurethane bio-composites. Various reinforcing conditions were designed and prepared to reveal the performance tendency and effects of the reinforcing conditions on several composites properties including tensile strength, tensile modulus, elongation to break, in addition to the morphological characteristics of the bio-composites. ASTM standards were considered in performing the performance testing of the composites. Results have demonstrated that only tensile moduli were enhanced with fiber loading, but tensile strength deteriorations occurred. Moreover, this work investigates the similarity in trends for some mechanical behaviors of the composites. Similar trends in reducing the composites strengths as well as the composites strains with increasing fiber loading were detected. This was an evidence of the strong adhesion between the fiber and the polymer in the TWF/TPU composites, which is not necessarily enhancing the composite strength. Such strong adhesion was proved here not necessary to enhance the composite strength. However, the poor filler dispersion due to excessive fiber loading leads to some agglomeration of the fillers as observed by the scanning electron microscopy, which makes it suitable for various industrial applications. Springer 2020 Article PeerReviewed EI-Shekeil, Y. A. and Al-Oqla, F. M. and S. M., Sapuan (2020) Performance tendency and morphological investigations of lignocellulosic tea/polyurethane biocomposite materials. Polymer Bulletin, 77 (8). 3907 - 3920. ISSN 0170-0839; ESSN:1436-2449 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00289-019-02947-0 10.1007/s00289-019-02947-0
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description This work investigates the effect of reinforcing conditions at optimal processing parameters on the morphological properties as well as the mechanical performance of tea/polyurethane bio-composites. Various reinforcing conditions were designed and prepared to reveal the performance tendency and effects of the reinforcing conditions on several composites properties including tensile strength, tensile modulus, elongation to break, in addition to the morphological characteristics of the bio-composites. ASTM standards were considered in performing the performance testing of the composites. Results have demonstrated that only tensile moduli were enhanced with fiber loading, but tensile strength deteriorations occurred. Moreover, this work investigates the similarity in trends for some mechanical behaviors of the composites. Similar trends in reducing the composites strengths as well as the composites strains with increasing fiber loading were detected. This was an evidence of the strong adhesion between the fiber and the polymer in the TWF/TPU composites, which is not necessarily enhancing the composite strength. Such strong adhesion was proved here not necessary to enhance the composite strength. However, the poor filler dispersion due to excessive fiber loading leads to some agglomeration of the fillers as observed by the scanning electron microscopy, which makes it suitable for various industrial applications.
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author EI-Shekeil, Y. A.
Al-Oqla, F. M.
S. M., Sapuan
spellingShingle EI-Shekeil, Y. A.
Al-Oqla, F. M.
S. M., Sapuan
Performance tendency and morphological investigations of lignocellulosic tea/polyurethane biocomposite materials
author_facet EI-Shekeil, Y. A.
Al-Oqla, F. M.
S. M., Sapuan
author_sort EI-Shekeil, Y. A.
title Performance tendency and morphological investigations of lignocellulosic tea/polyurethane biocomposite materials
title_short Performance tendency and morphological investigations of lignocellulosic tea/polyurethane biocomposite materials
title_full Performance tendency and morphological investigations of lignocellulosic tea/polyurethane biocomposite materials
title_fullStr Performance tendency and morphological investigations of lignocellulosic tea/polyurethane biocomposite materials
title_full_unstemmed Performance tendency and morphological investigations of lignocellulosic tea/polyurethane biocomposite materials
title_sort performance tendency and morphological investigations of lignocellulosic tea/polyurethane biocomposite materials
publisher Springer
publishDate 2020
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87118/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00289-019-02947-0
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