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Natural fibers (sisal, cabuya) acted as a nucleating agent for bubbles and pores in rotational molded parts manufactured from HDPE. This process increased part porosity and sintering time. ... 

Scientists and engineers at the University of Exeter are investigating whether natural fibers tike hemp and sisal could be used to make sustainable and eco-friendly brake pads [39]. The technology of brake pads turned green with the replacement of asbestos by aramids (hke Kevlar of DuPont) in the 1980s. Kevlar is very expensive and eco-friendly alternatives like hemp, jute, sisal, nettle, and flax are much, much cheaper. A breakthrough in this application will revolutionize brake manufacture and protect the environment. 

Several years ago research was undertaken to use oleochemicals to build up matrices for natural fiber reinforced plastics [9]. The use of natural fibers, such as flax, hemp, sisal, and yucca is of increasing interest for various applications, among them the automotive and public transportation industries, where the com-... 

Natural fibers (wool, silk, jute, sisal, cotton) contain macromolecules that have already been aligned into fiber direction during the enzymatically catalyzed biosynthesis. Hence, stretching is not necessary and often not possible. 

One can classify fibers in a variety of ways. For example, one may divide the whole field of fibers into apparel and nonapparel fibers, i.e. based upon the final use of fibrous material. The apparel fibers include synthetic fibers such as nylon, polyester, spandex, and natural fibers such as cotton, jute, sisal, ramie, silk, etc. Nonapparel fibers include aramid, polyethylene, steel, copper, carbon, glass, silicon carbide, and alumina. These nonapparel fibers are used for making cords and ropes, geotextiles, and structural applications such as fiber reinforcements... 

Loading nose, 226, 232, 233, 236, 238, 239, 241, 242, 245, 253, 256, 265, 274 Long alkyl chain alkoxysilanes, 172 Long cellulose fiber, 79, 92, 98 Long natural fiber, 110 Abaca, 110 Bast fibers, 110 Cost of, no Cotton, 110 Flax, no Fruit fibers, 110 Hemp, no Henequen, 110 Jute, no Kenaf, 110 Leaf fibers, 110 Mesta, no Nettle, no Pineapple, 110 Ramie, 110 Seed fibers, 110 Sisal, no Stalk fibers, 110... 

Materials can also be partly produced from plants such as oil-based plant fiber/polymer composites. The interest in plant fiber resides in their low cost, their low abrasiveness (toward implementation machineiy) and particularly their low toxicity compared with synthetic fibers, which are irritants to the respiratory tract [MOH 00], Hemp, hessian, sisal or flax are largely used in cars in Germany. During 2005, 3.5 kg of natural fibers were used per automobile passenger in Germaity, particularly in compression molded composite parts [MON 05]. 

Natural fibers can be classified as seed fibers (such as cotton), bast fibers (like flax, hemp, jute, kenaf, ramie), hard fibers (like sisal), fi-uit fibers (like coir), and wood fibers. The chemical composition and dimensions of some common agro-fibers are presented in Table 5.21. The origin of wood fibers can be sawmill chips, sawdust, wood flour or powder, cutter shavings, pulp or wood residues. As binders for these fibers, both thermosetting (like phenolic, epoxy, polyester) resins and thermosetting matrices [such as polyethylene (LDPE, HDPE), polypropylene (PP), poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), polystyrene (PS)j can be used. Thermoplastic composites are, however, less expensive to process than thermosetting composites, in addition to their ability to be manufactured into complex shapes. 

Mercedes-Benz (among other companies) has studied many materials and is using animal hair and fibers made from flax, sisal, coconut, and cotton, in upholstery, door panels and rear shelves of its cars. The company is looking to replace glass fiber with natural fiber alternatives, but has found it difficult. Not only are natural materials usually sensitive to temperature, but they also tend to absorb water and often exhibit extreme variation in quality that is not good for an automobile manufacturer. For over a century results of studies and evaluations of the different natural fibers continue not to be practical for use in the RP industry. 

Fiber, other They include natural/vegetable, sisal, asbestos, ramie, flax, soya bean/cellulose, and hemp types. 

The plants, which produce natural fibers, are classified as primary and secondary depending on their utilization. Primary plants are those grown for their fiber content while secondary plants are plants in which the fibers are produced as a by-product. Jute, hemp, kenaf, and sisal are examples of primary plants. Pineapple, oil palm, and coir are examples of secondary plants. 

The demand for better fuel efficiency based on the strict governmental regulations on safety and emission has led to the wide application of composites and plastics in the automotive industry in the place of the traditionally used steels [32]. Thermoplastic materials reinforced with natural fibers have reported to have excellent mechanical properties, recycling properties, etc. [33-36]. Several natural and biorenewable fibers such as wheat, isora, soybean, kenaf, straw, jute, and sisal are used in the fiber/plastic composite industry, and the use of namral fibers as reinforcements for composite has attracted many industries [37, 38]. Compared to polymer resin, polymer biocomposites that are reinforced with natural fibers have many applications due to its ease of processing, comparatively lower cost, and excellent mechanical properties [39]. For more than a decade, European car manufacturers and suppliers have been using natural fiber-based composites with thermoplastic and thermoset matrices. These biocomposites and bionanocomposites... 

Uses Dye for prod, of inks, carbon paper coatings, for dyeing natural fibers such as jute, sisal, wool dye for prod, of daylight fluorescent pigments and gloss paints in paints, varnishes colorant for seeds and crop protection agents... 

Composites from natural fibres have not yet been fully established in high-tech industry because a sufficient quality for engineering applications is not adequately offered (e.g. by Natural Fiber Composites Inc. and North Wood Plastics). Fibres are available from many plants (highlighted of high quality) for example, wood, abaca, coir, cotton, flax, hemp, henequen, istle, jute, kenaf, ramie, sisal or sunn. 

Natural fibers may be of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin. All animal fibers presently in use are made up of proteins, as, for example, wool and silk, and all vegetable fibers in use consist of celluloses such as cotton, flax, hemp, ramie, and sisal. A mineral fiber is, for example, asbestos. 

In contrast to expensive synthetic fibers, the use of natural fibers is a very cheap means of reinforcement, especially in countries where these natural products are readily available. Natural fibers, when compared to synthetic fibers, have a lower density and a lower tensile modulus. However, a combination of a sisal fiber with a resole type phenolic resin based on cashew nut shell liquid, a naturally occurring monomer, produces a very cost effective composite with a thermal stability greater than 200°C. The cashew nut shell liquid is a mixture of phenol, 3-(8 -pentadecenyl)phenol, 3-(8 -pentadecenyl)-5-(hydroxy)phenol, 3-(8 -pentadecenyl)-5-(hydroxy) -6-methylphenol, and2-(8-pentadecenyl-6-(hydroxy)benzoicacid [195]. 

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