ArticleHeliyon2024
Investigation of chemical, physical and morpho-mechanical properties of banana-plantain stalk fibers for ropes and woven fabrics used in composite and limited-lifespan geotextile.
Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
This study aimed to assess the potential of banana-plantain stalk fibers (BPSF) as a raw material for ropes and fabrics used in composites and geotextiles. Fibers were obtained by Biological retting and ropes used for geotextile weaving were obtained by three-strand twisting in order to optimize the mechanical properties of geostalk. The thermal, physical, chemical and mechanical characteristics of the fibers were studied in order to assess the impact of the extraction process on fiber performance. In addition, the microstructure of fibers and ropes was analyzed using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and the results highlighted the presence of cellulose microfibrils parallel to fiber axis and hemicellulose linked by lignin matrix. These constituents are organized in three concentric layers around the lumen. Elementary chemical analyses using X-ray energy dispersion (EDS), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and chemical deconstruction using Jayme-Wise protocol were carried out to determine the chemical composition of BPSF, which consists of 51.5 % Carbon, 47.07 % Oxygen and mineral salts that can be highly contribute to soil fertilization after degradation. These chemical constituents represent 40 % cellulose, 21.5 % hemicellulose, 24 % lignin, 0.34 % pectin, 7.2 % lip soluble extractable and 7.36 % water-soluble sugars present in BPSF. Thermal properties of BPSF have been investigated showing the initial degradation around 200 °C. Physical analysis and uniaxial tensile testing were performed to determine the multi-scale physical and mechanical properties of geostalk. Statistical evaluation using Weibull distribution established an increasing rate of physical and mechanical properties from the finest scale to the macroscopic scale. Thus, from the BPSF to the ropes, titer increases from 42.5 ± 4.5 g/km to 7983.4 ± 132 g/km and elongation at break increases from 0.75 ± 0.29 mm for the fibers to 52.42 ± 18.91 mm for geostalk. With mass per unit area of 1869 g/m
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