Biocompósitos poliméricos de poli(butileno adipato-co-tereftalato) : PBAT e fibra natural de Munguba, nativa da Amazônia (Pseudobombax munguba) / Polymeric biocomposites of poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) : PBAT and Munguba (Pseudobombax munguba), a natural fiber native from Amazônia

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

10/07/2012

RESUMO

In this work it was studied polymer biocomposites made from a biodegradable polyester and natural fiber Munguba (Pseudobombax Munguba) native to the Amazon region, found in great abundance marshy areas of the forest, for which there are no literature reports of its use in polymer biocomposites. The effects of fiber size, concentration and chemical treatment on the fiber surface on the final properties of the biocomposites were studied. The natural fibers have been milled and classified by size and subjected to chemical treatment. In order to evaluate the changes promoted by employed treatment, the mechanical properties, surface properties and morphology were evaluated. Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis showed the appearance of ester groups to hydroxyl confirming the exchange by acetyl. By the tensile strength tests showed that the chemical modification time increased by 75% the elastic modulus of the fiber. The analysis of the morphology and the contact angle, significant surface changes were observed in the Munguba fiber, whereas the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) showed that the chemical modification increased the thermal stability in comparison to the natural fiber. The biocomposites were prepared by high shear mixing in the molten state using natural, and chemically treated fibers with levels of 10 and 20% varying the size of the fibers. The results indicated that increasing the concentration of fiber was mainly responsible for the changes in mechanical properties. The morphological analysis showed that the chemical treatments were not effective in promoting good fiber-matrix interaction. Mechanical models were used to predict the elastic modulus of the biocomposites and the model of Russell presented a good fit to the studied systems. By differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) showed that the addition of fibers caused changes in crystallinity decrease in melting temperature and crystallization temperature increase in the matrix.

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compósitos poliméricos materiais - biotecnologia fibras naturais polymer composites materials plástico biodegradável biodegradável biodegradable plastic biodegradable natural fibers

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