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

fYear

2005

Firstpage

120

Lastpage

121

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619182

Filename

1619182