| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Natural Fibers and Its Composites: A Sustainable Solution
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| Presentation Title |
Characterization of Broom Sorghum Colm Fibers as Potential Natural Fiber Reinforcement for Polymer Composites |
| Author(s) |
Pedro Huang, David Coverdale Rangel Velasco, Noan Tonini Simonassi, Felipe Perissé Duarte Lopes, Henry Alonso Colorado, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Carlos Maurício Fontes Vieira |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Felipe Perissé Duarte Lopes |
| Abstract Scope |
Aiming in diminish the human impact on the environment scientist suggests the reinsertion of agricultural or industrial waste on the production chain among others solutions. In this scenario this work aims to evaluate the potential use of the broom sorghum colm fibers as polymer composites reinforcement. These fibers have no known current use and are commonly discarded on the field after the harvest of the fibers from the panicle of this plant. For this study one hundred fibers were extracted from the plant colm and subjected to tensile tests after is measures and weigh were taken. The density of these were also obtained by water picnometry. The results shown a surprisingly low density of around 0.3 g/cm³ with a god tensile strength that increases with the main diameter decrease. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Characterization, Other, Other |