PMID- 19574041
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20091203
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 1873-2976 (Electronic)
IS  - 0960-8524 (Linking)
VI  - 100
IP  - 23
DP  - 2009 Dec
TI  - Preparation and properties of banana fiber-reinforced composites based on high 
      density polyethylene (HDPE)/Nylon-6 blends.
PG  - 6088-97
LID - 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.05.076 [doi]
AB  - Banana fiber (BaF)-filled composites based on high density polyethylene 
      (HDPE)/Nylon-6 blends were prepared via a two-step extrusion method. Maleic 
      anhydride grafted styrene/ethylene-butylene/styrene triblock polymer (SEBS-g-MA) 
      and maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene (PE-g-MA) were used to enhance impact 
      performance and interfacial bonding between BaF and the resins. Mechanical, 
      crystallization/melting, thermal stability, water absorption, and morphological 
      properties of the composites were investigated. In the presence of SEBS-g-MA, 
      better strengths and moduli were found for HDPE/Nylon-6 based composites compared 
      with corresponding HDPE based composites. At a fixed weight ratio of PE-g-MA to 
      BaF, an increase of BaF loading up to 48.2 wt.% led to a continuous improvement 
      in moduli and flexural strength of final composites, while impact toughness was 
      lowered gradually. Predicted tensile modulus by the Hones-Paul model for 
      three-dimensional random fiber orientation agreed well with experimental data at 
      the BaF loading of 29.3 wt.%. However, the randomly-oriented fiber models 
      underestimated experimental data at higher fiber levels. It was found that the 
      presence of SEBS-g-MA had a positive influence on reinforcing effect of the 
      Nylon-6 component in the composites. Thermal analysis results showed that 
      fractionated crystallization of the Nylon-6 component in the composites was 
      induced by the addition of both SEBS-g-MA and PE-g-MA. Thermal stability of both 
      composite systems differed slightly, except an additional decomposition peak 
      related to the minor Nylon-6 for the composites from the HDPE/Nylon-6 blends. In 
      the presence of SEBS-g-MA, the addition of Nylon-6 and increased BaF loading 
      level led to an increase in the water absorption value of the composites.
FAU - Liu, H
AU  - Liu H
AD  - School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University Agricultural 
      Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
FAU - Wu, Q
AU  - Wu Q
FAU - Zhang, Q
AU  - Zhang Q
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
DEP - 20090701
PL  - England
TA  - Bioresour Technol
JT  - Bioresource technology
JID - 9889523
RN  - 0 (Composite Resins)
RN  - 0 (Ethylenes)
RN  - 0 (Maleic Anhydrides)
RN  - 0 (Polyethylenes)
RN  - 0 (Polymers)
RN  - 25038-54-4 (nylon 6)
RN  - 6879X594Z8 (Caprolactam)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
RN  - 91GW059KN7 (ethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Absorption
MH  - Caprolactam/*analogs & derivatives/chemistry
MH  - Composite Resins/*chemistry
MH  - Elasticity
MH  - Ethylenes/chemistry
MH  - Hot Temperature
MH  - Maleic Anhydrides/chemistry
MH  - Materials Testing
MH  - Musa/*metabolism
MH  - Polyethylene/*chemistry/pharmacology
MH  - Polyethylenes/chemistry
MH  - Polymers/*chemistry
MH  - Surface Properties
MH  - Tensile Strength
EDAT- 2009/07/04 09:00
MHDA- 2009/12/16 06:00
CRDT- 2009/07/04 09:00
PHST- 2008/08/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2009/01/09 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2009/05/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2009/07/04 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/07/04 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/12/16 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0960-8524(09)00665-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.05.076 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Bioresour Technol. 2009 Dec;100(23):6088-97. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.05.076. 
      Epub 2009 Jul 1.