PROCESSING AND PROPERTIES OF BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITES BASED ON MATERB AND SISAL FIBER

V. P. CYRAS; J.M. KENNY; S. IANNACE; A. VÁZQUEZ

Paris

Congreso; International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM-12; 1999

Compounding thermoplastic polymers with natural fibers is a good approach to obtain special composites with useful properties. Moreover, fully biodegradable composites are a particular class of materials obtained by the combination of a biodegradable polymer matrix with natural fibers. Although these materials can offer very interesting properties only few studies have been reported.  In this work, biodegradable composites were prepared by using sisal fibers and an industrial biodegradable polymer. Effects of processing conditions and fiber composition on mechanical properties were studied.