Title :
Kenaf Fiber-Reinforced Biomass-Plastics Used for Electronic Products
Author :
Serizawa, Shin ; Inoue, Kazuhiko ; Iji, Masatoshi
Author_Institution :
Fundamental & Environ. Res. Lab., NEC Corp., Ibaraki
Abstract :
The developed high-performance biomass-based plastics consist of polylactic acid (PLA) and fiber of kenaf, which fixates CO2 efficiently. Adding this fiber to PLA greatly increases its heat resistance and modulus and also enhances its crystallization. Eliminating the short particles from the kenaf fiber improves its effect on impact strength. Furthermore, adding a flexibilizer mainly made with biomass to the composite improves its strength. These composites (PLA/kenaf fiber, PLA/kenaf fiber/flexibilizer) show good practical characteristics as a housing material of electronic products, compared to petroleum-based plastics such as glass fiber-reinforced ABS resin
Keywords :
composite materials; crystallisation; electronic products; fibre reinforced plastics; impact strength; carbon dioxide emissions; composites; crystallization; electronic products; flexibilizer; heat resistance; housing material; impact strength; kenaf fiber-reinforced biomass-plastics; polylactic acid; Biological materials; Biomass; Composite materials; Crystalline materials; Crystallization; Glass; Immune system; Plastics; Programmable logic arrays; Resistance heating; Crystallization; Heat resistance; Kenaf fiber; Polylactic Acid;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2005. Eco Design 2005. Fourth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0081-3
DOI :
10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619182
