Effect of Sericin on Mechanical Behavior of Composite Material Reinforced by Silk Woven Fabric

Recent, attention has been given to shift from glass fibers and carbon fibers to natural fibers for FRP composites for the goal of protecting the environment. This paper concerned with the application of silk fabric for composite materials. Polypropylene (PP) was used for the matrix material and the...

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Published inSeikei kakou Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 251 - 258
Main Authors KIMURA, Teruo, INO, Haruhiro, HANADA, Koji, KATORI, Sigetaka
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
English
Published The Japan Society of Polymer Processing 2010
Subjects
Composites
Compression molding
Polypropylene
Sericin
Silk fabric
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Summary:Recent, attention has been given to shift from glass fibers and carbon fibers to natural fibers for FRP composites for the goal of protecting the environment. This paper concerned with the application of silk fabric for composite materials. Polypropylene (PP) was used for the matrix material and the silk fabric composites were molded using a compression molding method. Especially, the effect of sericin on mechanical behaviors of composite materials was discussed. Good adhesion between silk and PP was obtained by removing the sericin existing around the fibroin. The tensile modulus of composite decreased with decreasing the sericin because of the flexibility of silk fibers without sericin. In particular, the higher Izod impact value was obtained for the composites containing the silk fibers without sericin.
ISSN:0915-4027
1883-7417
DOI:10.4325/seikeikakou.22.251