TY - JOUR
T1 - Study and Fire Testing of Natural Banana Fibre Reinforced Composites with Flame Retardant Properties
AU - Garcia, Raquel
AU - Monzón Verona, Mario
AU - Cunningham, Eoin
PY - 2020/4/7
Y1 - 2020/4/7
N2 - The interest in natural fibre reinforced
composites is growing in industrial applications due to
natural fibres being an attractive alternative to synthetic
fibres. However, it is necessary to improve the fire
behaviour of the material because natural fibres have a
high combustibility. The objective of this work is to evaluate
the fire resistance of polymer composites reinforced with
natural fibre fabric, using magnesium hydroxide as flame
retardant for the polymeric matrix and alkali treatment
for the fibre. The types of fabric are banana, banana with
cotton and linen; and long banana fibre has been used
for the formation of a nonwoven. The fire test is carried
out based on ISO 9773 standard and the effect of the
additive has been studied, chemical treatment, type of
fabric and number of layers. Through statistical analysis,
it is concluded that the flame propagation speed has a
decreasing relation with respect to the percentage, but
it decreases the mechanical properties considerably. In
addition, the number of layers and type of fabric influence
the fire properties. Finally, it is concluded that composites
reinforced with linen fabric have the best mechanical
properties, but banana nonwoven with 60% additive has
the best fire behaviour.
AB - The interest in natural fibre reinforced
composites is growing in industrial applications due to
natural fibres being an attractive alternative to synthetic
fibres. However, it is necessary to improve the fire
behaviour of the material because natural fibres have a
high combustibility. The objective of this work is to evaluate
the fire resistance of polymer composites reinforced with
natural fibre fabric, using magnesium hydroxide as flame
retardant for the polymeric matrix and alkali treatment
for the fibre. The types of fabric are banana, banana with
cotton and linen; and long banana fibre has been used
for the formation of a nonwoven. The fire test is carried
out based on ISO 9773 standard and the effect of the
additive has been studied, chemical treatment, type of
fabric and number of layers. Through statistical analysis,
it is concluded that the flame propagation speed has a
decreasing relation with respect to the percentage, but
it decreases the mechanical properties considerably. In
addition, the number of layers and type of fabric influence
the fire properties. Finally, it is concluded that composites
reinforced with linen fabric have the best mechanical
properties, but banana nonwoven with 60% additive has
the best fire behaviour.
U2 - 10.1515/chem-2020-0025
DO - 10.1515/chem-2020-0025
M3 - Article
VL - 18
SP - 275
EP - 286
JO - Open Chemistry
JF - Open Chemistry
SN - 2391-5420
ER -