TY - JOUR
T1 - Extraction and characterization of vascular bundle and fiber strand from date palm rachis as potential bio-reinforcement in composite
AU - Boumediri, Haithem
AU - Bezazi, Abderrezak
AU - Del Pino, Gilberto Garcia
AU - Haddad, Abdelkrim
AU - Scarpa, Fabrizio
AU - Dufresne, Alain
PY - 2019/10/15
Y1 - 2019/10/15
N2 - Date palm rachis fibers are rich in cellulose, relatively inexpensive, and readily available in Algeria. The aim of this study is to investigate the morphology, structure, mechanical and physicochemical characteristics of both vascular bundles and fiber strands extracted from date palm rachis. The difficulties encountered are associated to the extraction of the fibers without damaging them. The study focuses on the morphological and surface roughness analysis using optical and scanning electron microscopies (SEM), and a non-contact 3D profiler. The chemical, physical and thermal properties have been studied using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The mechanical properties were accessed by tensile tests and they were analyzed using two-parameter Weibull distribution.
AB - Date palm rachis fibers are rich in cellulose, relatively inexpensive, and readily available in Algeria. The aim of this study is to investigate the morphology, structure, mechanical and physicochemical characteristics of both vascular bundles and fiber strands extracted from date palm rachis. The difficulties encountered are associated to the extraction of the fibers without damaging them. The study focuses on the morphological and surface roughness analysis using optical and scanning electron microscopies (SEM), and a non-contact 3D profiler. The chemical, physical and thermal properties have been studied using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The mechanical properties were accessed by tensile tests and they were analyzed using two-parameter Weibull distribution.
KW - Tensile properties
KW - Surface roughness
KW - Physicochemical analysis
KW - Fiber strands
KW - Vascular bundles
KW - Date palm fibers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068075248&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.114997
DO - 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.114997
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
C2 - 31320092
AN - SCOPUS:85068075248
VL - 222
JO - Carbohydrate Polymers
JF - Carbohydrate Polymers
SN - 0144-8617
M1 - 114997
ER -