The Effect of the Process on Mechanical Properties of Polylactic Acid-Date Palm Leaf Fibers Composite Films Produced By Extrusion Blowing
Biocomposite films prepared with melt compounding and film blowing have become a new trend in plastic research to deliver more ecofriendly packages. Polylactic acid (PLA) was melt compounded with minimally processed date palm leaf fiber (DPLF) and converted into films by blown film extrusion. The co...
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Published in | Journal of renewable materials Vol. 7; no. 9; pp. 891 - 901 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Henderson
Tech Science Press
01.01.2019
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Summary: | Biocomposite films prepared with melt compounding and film blowing have become a new trend in plastic research to deliver more ecofriendly packages. Polylactic acid (PLA) was melt compounded with minimally processed date palm leaf fiber (DPLF) and converted into films by blown film
extrusion. The compounding was done in order to enhance the film mechanical properties in one hand, and to decrease the film production cost in the other hand. In this present study, a reference PLA film and films with 1%, 2%, and 5% of DPLF (weight %) were produced with different process
parameters. The spatial variations in films thickness and lay flat width indicate that the addition of DPLF up to 2% enhances the bubble stability for the tested process parameters. However, the composite with 5% DPLF shows nearly the same processability window as the neat PLA. The structural
and mechanical characterizations of films suggest a reinforcing effect of the PLA matrix up to 2% of fiber (with an optimum at 1%). Larger DPLF loading leads to depressed and more anisotropic mechanical properties, related to an increased density of defects at the fiber-PLA fragile interface
and to a DPLF-induced enhanced PLA thermal degradation and amorphous phase orientation. |
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Bibliography: | 2164-6325(20190910)7:9L.891;1- |
ISSN: | 2164-6325 2164-6341 2164-6341 |
DOI: | 10.32604/jrm.2019.06827 |