Applications of Biofiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites

Wood ash can be used as filler or reinforcement for PP, PE, or PVC to make environmentally friendly composites. The resulting products can replace wood in the building industry. Other applications for wood-plastic composites are door frames, roofs, fences, window frames, and furniture. The diversification of the composite products has a direct effect on the number of different jobs that can be created, the dual advantage of cost and performance being the main seUing factors. 

Biofibers have received much attention as reinforcements for composites due to many advantages such as annually renewable, sustainable, low cost, high specific 

Biofiber-reinforced polymeric composites are used in applications such as particleboards, printed circuit boards, window frames, and asbestos replacement in car disk brakes, car door panels, interior trim boards, or dashboards. 

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