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Recycled Polyethylene Composites Reinforced with Jute Fabric from Sackcloth: Part I-Preparation and Preliminary Assessment

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In recent times, environmental safety has been on priority in the development of new materials leading to a recycling and reuse approach to conserve the materials resources. This has resulted in more focus on the application of natural materials such as lignocellulosic fibers. This paper presents the characterization of continuous and aligned jute fabrics obtained from new and used sacks as well as the preparation and characterization of their composites incorporated into recycled polyethylene or as isolated pieces up to 40 wt%. These environmentally friendly composites were subjected to bend test and the fracture surface analyzed by SEM. The fabric from new sacks showed greater damage tolerance than that from the used sacks. The flexural stress increased steadily with increasing used fabric content up to 30 wt%, which is explained using fractographic studies on ruptured specimens. Used jute fabric composites are found to be viable alternative materials for low strength conventional materials based on cost–performance comparison with conventional materials.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank the support to this investigation by the Brazilian agencies: CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ and TECNORTE/FENORTE. It is also acknowledged the permission to the use of the SEM microscope by the PEMM from COPPE/UFRJ. One of the authors (KGS) acknowledges the financial assistance provided by Araucaria Foundation, Curitiba-P, Brazil during the period of this work and the two institutions in India with which he is presently associated for their encouragement.

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  1. Kestur G. Satyanarayana

    Present address: BMS College of Engineering & Poornapragna Institute of Scientific Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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  1. Laboratory for Advanced Materials (LAMAV), State University of the Northern Rio de Janeiro (UENF), Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, 28013-602, Brazil

    Amanda C. Lima & Sergio N. Monteiro

  2. Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Kestur G. Satyanarayana

  3. BMS R&D Center, BMS College, P.B. No.1908, Bull Temple Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 019, India

    Kestur G. Satyanarayana

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Lima, A.C., Monteiro, S.N. & Satyanarayana, K.G. Recycled Polyethylene Composites Reinforced with Jute Fabric from Sackcloth: Part I-Preparation and Preliminary Assessment. J Polym Environ 20, 245–253 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-011-0373-6

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