Pineapple leaf fibers and PALF-reinforced polymer composites

Pineapple leaf fibers (PALF) have long been known as textile materials in many countries. Despite being mechanically excellent and environmentally sound, PALF are the least-studied natural fibers, especially for reinforcing composites. This article presents a survey of research works carried out on...

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Main Authors: Salit, Mohd. Sapuan, Mohamed, Abd. Rahman, Siregar, Januar Parlaungan, Ishak, Mohd. Ridzuan
Other Authors: Susheel, Kalia
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag 2011
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author Salit, Mohd. Sapuan
Mohamed, Abd. Rahman
Siregar, Januar Parlaungan
Ishak, Mohd. Ridzuan
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Mohamed, Abd. Rahman
Siregar, Januar Parlaungan
Ishak, Mohd. Ridzuan
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description Pineapple leaf fibers (PALF) have long been known as textile materials in many countries. Despite being mechanically excellent and environmentally sound, PALF are the least-studied natural fibers, especially for reinforcing composites. This article presents a survey of research works carried out on PALF and PALF-reinforced composites. It reviews PALF extraction, fiber characterization, and PALF applications, modification of PALF, and manufacture and properties of PALF-reinforced composites. With increasing importance of pineapple and pineapple plantation area, value-added applications of PALF as reinforcing fibers in polymer composites must be developed in order to increase “resource potential” of pineapple and consequently energize the utilization of PALF.
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spelling iium-28372011-11-21T21:58:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2837/ Pineapple leaf fibers and PALF-reinforced polymer composites Salit, Mohd. Sapuan Mohamed, Abd. Rahman Siregar, Januar Parlaungan Ishak, Mohd. Ridzuan T Technology (General) Pineapple leaf fibers (PALF) have long been known as textile materials in many countries. Despite being mechanically excellent and environmentally sound, PALF are the least-studied natural fibers, especially for reinforcing composites. This article presents a survey of research works carried out on PALF and PALF-reinforced composites. It reviews PALF extraction, fiber characterization, and PALF applications, modification of PALF, and manufacture and properties of PALF-reinforced composites. With increasing importance of pineapple and pineapple plantation area, value-added applications of PALF as reinforcing fibers in polymer composites must be developed in order to increase “resource potential” of pineapple and consequently energize the utilization of PALF. Springer-Verlag Susheel, Kalia Kaith, B. S. Kaur, Inderjeet 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/2837/4/Cellulose_Fibers.pdf Salit, Mohd. Sapuan and Mohamed, Abd. Rahman and Siregar, Januar Parlaungan and Ishak, Mohd. Ridzuan (2011) Pineapple leaf fibers and PALF-reinforced polymer composites. In: Cellulose fibers: bio- and nano-polymer composites: green chemistry and technology. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 325-343. ISBN 9783642173691 http://www.springer.com/chemistry/polymer+science/book/978-3-642-17369-1 10.1007/978-3-642-17370-7_12
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
Salit, Mohd. Sapuan
Mohamed, Abd. Rahman
Siregar, Januar Parlaungan
Ishak, Mohd. Ridzuan
Pineapple leaf fibers and PALF-reinforced polymer composites
title Pineapple leaf fibers and PALF-reinforced polymer composites
title_full Pineapple leaf fibers and PALF-reinforced polymer composites
title_fullStr Pineapple leaf fibers and PALF-reinforced polymer composites
title_full_unstemmed Pineapple leaf fibers and PALF-reinforced polymer composites
title_short Pineapple leaf fibers and PALF-reinforced polymer composites
title_sort pineapple leaf fibers and palf-reinforced polymer composites
topic T Technology (General)
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