The potential of flax fibres as reinforcement for composite materials

By H. Bos. 2004

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Subfields: Management Information Systems, Polymers and Plastics

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Fibre/matrix adhesion of cellulose fibres in PLA, PP and MAPP: A critical review of pull-out test, microbond test and single fibre fragmentation test results (2014, unknown): “98 [53] Flax PP Fragmentation 8.”
Long term immersion in natural seawater of Flax/PLA biocomposite (2014, background): “The main components of this primary wall are pectins (Cosgrove, 2005)), hemicelluloses, low crystalline cellulose (Zykwinska et al., 2008) and waxes (Bos, 2004).”
Influence of drying on the mechanical behaviour of flax fibres and their unidirectional composites (2012, methodology): “The compression strength of single fibres, measured by Bos [22] is also high, with values up to 1200 MPa.”
Life Cycle Assessment of Polysaccharide Materials: A Review (2008, background): “The use phase of natural fibre composites, especially as a component in transportation systems (panel and pallet), entails a more important environmental benefit than the production phase [27, 29, 32].”
A critical review of all-cellulose composites (2012, unknown): “Epoxy Flax 50 (wt%) 119 30 – Bos [29] (Fig.”
A simple review of soil reinforcement by using natural and synthetic fibers (2012, background): “It has been used for the production of linen cloth since ancient times [68].”
Flax fibre and its composites – A review (2014, methodology): “For short flax fibres in composites considering injection moulding technique, the critical fibre length can be determined by using the Kelly and Tyson theory and the examples were discussed in [90].”
Developing plant fibre composites for structural applications by optimising composite parameters: a critical review (2013, background): “Finally, yarns/rovings comprise of fibres that are[30 mm in length [15, 37, 119], hence composites utilising textile or unidirectional reinforcements yield length efficiency factors of approximately unity [60, 61, 162].”
Can silk become an effective reinforcing fibre? A property comparison with flax and glass reinforced composites (2014, unknown): “7 8–15 [1, 5, 57-60]”
Hydrophobic treatment of natural fibers and their composites—A review (2018, background): “This has led to many problems including waste disposal and health concerns as glass fibers are suspected to cause skin irritations and lung cancer [6].”
Pretreatments of Natural Fibers and their Application as Reinforcing Material in Polymer Composites—A Review (2009, background): “Thermal degradation of flax fibers at temperature around 2008C has been investigated by various authors [155–158] and it has been found that initially at low-temperature thermal degradation is not significant.”
Effects of natural fibres reinforcement in lime plasters (kenaf and sisal vs. Polypropylene) (2014, background): “Generally, the application of natural fibres is attractive for four main reasons: their specific properties, their price, their health advantages and their recyclability [12].”