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Article: Water bamboo husk reinforced poly (lactic acid) green composites.(Technical report)
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- Polymer Engineering and Science
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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INTRODUCTION
Water bamboo (Coba, Gausum) is a water plant that has a preference for warm, humid, and sunny environment. The peak production is during summer (1). Desptie that it is a highly popular vegetable, the water bamboo husk is one of the major agricultural wastes in Taiwan. Recently, plant-based fillers have attracted a great deal of interests for reinforcing plastics. Natural fillers have benefited from the perception that they are "green" or eco-friendly. Advantages of such fillers over man-made fills include low density, low cost, recyclability, and biodegradablility (2-4). These advantages make plant-based fillers potential replacement for glass fibers ...