Abstract
This paper presents two separate methods to improve the tensile strength (TS) of textile waste cotton reinforced polymer composites (T-FRP) as prospective functional materials with respect to environmental concerns. Two very different methods were designed in order to improve the TS of the composite. In the first method, maleated anhydride polyethylene was added as the coupling agent into the composite composition, whereas in the second method, a totally new glass fiber and glass fabric laminated hybrid composite structure was designed. In this first study, the coupling agent was mixed up to 5 wt% into the composite structure in order to improve the bonding interface between low density polyethylene (LDPE) matrix and cotton waste fibers. The effect of the coupling agent was evaluated and compared with the unmodified one. By contrast, chopped glass (CG) fibers and woven biaxial glass fabrics were introduced into the composite layers with the intention of designing a new hybrid composite structure as a second study. The TS of the materials was evaluated and the fracture surface was assessed with an optical microscope. Consequently, an improvement in TS of 50% and 230% was achieved by the addition of the coupling agent and the creation of a new hybrid composite, respectively.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Editorial improvements at the Journal of Polymer Engineering
- Original articles
- Cationic copolymerization of 1,3-pentadiene with α-pinene
- In vitro degradation of polyglycolic acid synthesized by a one-step reaction
- Synthesis of a novel class of mixed-type surfmers and their properties in water
- Unique viscosity mutation of multi-generation hyperbranched waterborne polyurethane
- Preparation and characterization of oxidized starch-graft-poly(styrene-butyl acrylate) latex via emulsion polymerization
- Peroxide vulcanization of natural rubber. Part I: effect of temperature and peroxide concentration
- The stimuli-response characters of hydrogels prepared using ultrasound
- A new conductometric biosensor based on horseradish peroxidase immobilized on chitosan and chitosan/gold nanoparticle films
- A new approach for the development of textile waste cotton reinforced composites (T-FRP): laminated hybridization vs. coupling agents
- Effects of the surface treatment of wollastonite on the tensile and flow properties for reinforced polypropylene composites
- Effect of the quenching temperature on the mechanical and thermophysical properties of polycarbonate pigmented with titanium dioxide
- Processing and characterization of poly(lactic acid) blended with polycarbonate and chain extender
- Characteristics analysis and mold design for ultrasonic-assisted injection molding