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Mechanical Properties of Regenerated Cellulose Fibres for Composites
Author(s) -
Adusumali RameshBabu,
Reifferscheid Moritz,
Weber Hedda,
Roeder Thomas,
Sixta Herbert,
Gindl Wolfgang
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.200651211
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , ultimate tensile strength , regenerated cellulose , young's modulus , toughness , cellulose , ramie , lyocell , composite number , modulus , polypropylene , elasticity (physics) , biocomposite , fiber , chemistry , organic chemistry
Summary: A broad variety of regenerated cellulose fibres was subjected to single fibre tensile tests in order to determine the modulus of elasticity, tensile strength, and failure strain. The results were compared to glass fibres and flax fibres, which are considered the most important technical and natural fibres, respectively. With regard to their modulus of elasticity and tensile strength, regenerated cellulose fibres showed clearly lower values than glass fibres, even when their low density was taken into account. The average modulus of elasticity and tensile strength of regenerated cellulose fibres was also lower than the values measured for flax fibres, but when variability was considered, both fibres performed similarly. In terms of interfacial shear strength with polypropylene, lyocell fibres performed significantly less well than sized glass fibre and ramie fibre. The most important difference between regenerated cellulose fibres and both glass and flax fibres is their high failure strain and thus high work to fracture. The high work to fracture of regenerated cellulose fibres makes them particularly useful for composite applications where high fracture toughness is required.