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    <language>eng</language>
          <publisher>Oriental Scientific Publishing Company</publisher>
        <journalTitle>Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia</journalTitle>
          <issn>0973-1245</issn>
            <publicationDate>2013-12-28</publicationDate>
    
        <volume>10</volume>
        <issue>2</issue>

 
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      <doi>10.13005/bbra/1179</doi>
        <publisherRecordId>10734</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">Characterisation of Esparto Grass Fibers Reinforced Biodegradable Polymer Composites</title>

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      <author>
       <name>A. Maghchiche</name>

 
		
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		<affiliationName affiliationId="1">Departement de Pharmacie, Faculté de Médecine, université de Batna El Hadj lakhdar-Algeria.</affiliationName>
    

		
		
		
		
		
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    <abstract language="eng"><p class="normal-font">The natural fiber / polylactic acid (PLLA) composites were prepared with Alfa-Alfa fibers as reinforcement and PLLA as matrix. The composite materials were obtained through the simple mechanical compounding of PLLA matrix with various fibers contents up to 40 wt %, followed by drying, kneading and hot pressing into sheets and were characterized by TGA, DSC, FTIR spectroscopy, SEM and water uptake. Composites prepared from several percentages of PLLA and Alfa-Alfa fibers represent a new category of environmentally safe materials for applications to explore to reduce the raw materials cost of PLLA due to Alfa-Alfa fibers is an abundance local plant in Algeria, the increasing utilization of renewable resources will be one of the strong drivers for sustainable products.</p>
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    <fullTextUrl format="html">https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol10no2/characterisation-of-esparto-grass-fibers-reinforced-biodegradable-polymer-composites/</fullTextUrl>



      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword>Polylactic acid (PLLA); Alfa fibres; Composites; Thermal properties</keyword>
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