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Mechanical and thermal behaviour of biodegradable composites based on polycaprolactone with pine cone particle

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Polycaprolactone (PCL) was reinforced with natural fibres as they not only permit a substantial reduction of the material costs, but also play a role as reinforcement in mechanical properties. This work was focused on the estimation of mechanical and thermal behaviour based on PCL and Pine Cone particles (PCP) filler at different weight percentages (0, 5, 10, 15, 30 and 45 wt%). Tests results indicated considerable improvement in mechanical properties, corresponding to a gain in impact strength and % elongation of 6 and 9.2% at 15 wt% particle loading, respectively. Some decrease in thermal stability was observed for composites with increasing filler content where as composite at 15% PCP was not significantly affected. Lower melting and crystallization enthalpies and higher crystallinity values were obtained for bio-composites compared with neat PCL. Some decrease in thermal stability and increase in oxygen and water vapour barrier properties were also observed for composites with increasing filler content.

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Acknowledgements

The Authors are grateful to the Director of Institute Instrumentation Centre, India Institute of Technlogy, Roorkee, Uttarakhand and CIPET, Govt. of India, Amritsar, Punjab for their support in the characterization of the green composites. Also, for DIT University for partial funding of the research.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dehradun Institute of Technology University, Dehradun, 248001, India

    Kanishka Jha & Y K Tyagi

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, 144411, India

    Kanishka Jha

  3. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 247667, India

    Akeshwar Singh Yadav

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Jha, K., Tyagi, Y.K. & Singh Yadav, A. Mechanical and thermal behaviour of biodegradable composites based on polycaprolactone with pine cone particle. Sādhanā 43, 135 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-018-0822-1

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