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Fabrication and characterization of Polypropylene - microcrystalline cellulose based composites with enhanced compatibility

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dc.contributor.author Rathnayake, WSM
dc.contributor.author Karunanayake, L
dc.contributor.author Samarasekara, AMPB
dc.contributor.author Amarasinghe, DAS
dc.date.accessioned 2019-10-22T04:31:35Z
dc.date.available 2019-10-22T04:31:35Z
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/15161
dc.description.abstract There is a heighten interest on natural fiber reinforced polymer composites to achieve superior, mechanical properties. However, such composites are limited due to the poor compatibility between natural-fiber reinforcement and polymer matrices. An enhanced fiber-polymer interface compatibility was achieved for microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC) and hydrophobic polymer, polypropylene (PP) system using sunflower oil biodiesel (SFEE) based surface treatments. Surface treated MCC was characterized based on their morphology, crystallinity, chemical structure and wettability. The influence of compositional variations of surface modified MCC on composite properties was also studied. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Cellulose en_US
dc.subject Microcrystalline cellulose en_US
dc.subject Polypropylene en_US
dc.subject Sunflower oil en_US
dc.subject Composite en_US
dc.title Fabrication and characterization of Polypropylene - microcrystalline cellulose based composites with enhanced compatibility en_US
dc.type Conference-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Materials Science and Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.year 2019 en_US
dc.identifier.conference Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference - MERCon 2019 en_US
dc.identifier.place Moraruwa, Sri Lanka en_US


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