Study of moisture absorption in natural fiber plastic composites

By W. Wang, M. Sain, P. Cooper. 2006

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Biocomposites reinforced with natural fibers: 2000–2010 (2012, methodology): “[239] introduced the percolation theory and a percolation model was developed to estimate the critical accessible fiber ratio; the moisture absorption and electrical conduc-”
A review on the degradability of polymeric composites based on natural fibres (2013, background): “It causes decrease in mechanical properties, provides the necessary condition for biodegradation, and changes their dimensions [16, 29, 37, 44].”
Water absorption behavior of cellulosic fibres polymer composites: A review on its effects and remedies (2020, methodology): “Following equations (2 & 3) describe the Fick’s first law under the steady-state condition and unidirectional flow, and second law under the non-steady state condition with the unidirectional flow of the matter, respectively [54];”
Long term immersion in natural seawater of Flax/PLA biocomposite (2014, background): “In addition to the conventional diffusion mechanism through the matrix, water can diffuse along the fibre/matrix interface thanks to capillary mechanism and through the fibre itself (Le Duigou et al., 2013; Wang et al., 2006).”