ABSTRACT

The research article focuses on succinct characterization of pineapple leaf fibers before and after different chemical modification techniques so as to ease its usage in developing light weight composite tiles for bathroom floor or wall tiles in building and construction industry. After the surface treatment namely, 7% alkali, 3% acrylic acid, and 1% silane treatment, fibers were analyzed through physical, chemical, morphological, mechanical, and thermal properties using various sophisticated instruments and concluded with the fact that in general, surface treatment helps in strengthen the fiber properties. Fibers with 7% alkali treatment exhibit maximum improvements, 55% increase in tensile strength, 40% increase in crystallinity index, 13% increase in density and 12.6% decrement in diameter. Similar enhancements in fiber quality were witnessed in physical, chemical, and thermogravimetric analysis. After 60% mass degradation of the fiber, fibers with 7% alkali treatment show better thermal stability till around 700°C.

摘要

该研究文章集中在对菠萝叶纤维进行不同化学改性技术前后的简洁表征，以简化其在建筑业中用于浴室地板或墙地砖的轻质复合地砖的开发中的用途。在表面处理（即7％的碱，3％的丙烯酸和1％的硅烷）后，使用各种复杂的仪器通过物理，化学，形态，机械和热学性质对纤维进行了分析，并得出以下结论：处理有助于增强纤维性能。经过7％碱处理的纤维表现出最大的改善，抗张强度增加了55％，结晶度指数增加了40％，密度增加了13％，直径减少了12.6％。在物理，化学和热重分析中，纤维质量也得到了类似的提高。在纤维质量下降60％之后，经过7％碱处理的纤维在约700°C之前表现出更好的热稳定性。