Chemical modifications of natural fiber for composite material

Environmental awareness, increasing concern with the green house effect and bio-degradation have hastened the construction, automotive and packaging industries to look forward for sustainable materials with least impact on the existing surroundings. Natural fibers reinforced bio-degradable composites seem to be a good alternative because of their eco-friendly nature and renewability which make them eco-friendly attracting materials for their application in diversified fields. Because of excellent characteristics such as low weight, high strength and stiffness, natural fiber reinforced composite matrices have found a large dispersal in several areas of technical applications. In this paper different methods for chemical modification of natural fibers so as to incorporate water repellency, resistance towards chemicals and better mechanical properties, have been discussed

Author(s): Rakesh Kumar1, Sangeeta Obrai1,Aparna Sharma2

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