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Volume 69 (2018), issue 2
Title:

Assessment of Mechanical and Morphological Properties of New Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) / Wood Fibers / Nanographene Composite

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Abstract:

The present study analyzed the effect of nanographene (NG) application at three rates (0.75, 1.5, and 3 %) on the production of PLA85/F15 and PLA70/F30 composites. The incorporation of NG into the PLA/wood fi ber composites significantly improved the tensile and bending properties. The results indicated that composites made from PLA68.5/F30/NG1.5 had the highest tensile and bending properties. Furthermore, it was revealed that the addition of fi bers to PLA decreased the composite impact strength in comparison with pure PLA, whereas the addition of NG improved its impact strength, but not as much as pure PLA. The highest impact strength was observed in the composites containing 15 % fi bers and 1.5 % NG (PLA83.5/F15/NG1.5 composites). The composites made from 30 % wood fiber and 1.5 % (PLA68.5/F30/NG1.5 composites) NG had the best interfacial surface between the wood fiber and the matrix of composites.

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Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology
HRCAK
ORCID
DOI
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DRVNA INDUSTRIJA Scientific Journal of Wood Technology

ISSN 0012-6772 (Print) / ISSN 1847-1153 (Online)

Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb, Hrvatska - Croatia
Tel: +3851 2352 430, E-mail: drind@sumfak.hr
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Ružica Beljo-Lučić, Ph.D. E-mail: editordi@sumfak.hr