caa a22 4500 467886377 CHVBK 20180406152735.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10924-006-0021-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10924-006-0021-8 Injection Molded Wheat Straw and Corn Stem Filled Polypropylene Composites [Elektronische Daten] [Suhara Panthapulakkal, Mohini Sain] Environmentally friendly composite materials can be prepared using wood fibers and/or various types of agro-derived fibers as reinforcements. In this study, agro-residues such as wheat straw and corn stem filled polypropylene were prepared and their suitability was investigated as a reinforcing filler in thermoplastics and as an alternative to the wood flour filled plastics. Effect of compounding techniques, compatibilizer and fungal treatment of agro-residues on the mechanical properties of the composites were evaluated. It was found that high shear compounding of wheat straw fibers exhibited similar properties to that produced by the milled wheat straw. This may be due to the extensive fiber breakage occurred during the high shear compounding that results in a similar aspect ratio to that of milled straw. Compatibilizer is needed for improving the strength properties of the agro-residue filled PP composites. Fungal treatment of milled wheat straw did not show much improvement in the strength properties of the composites. Comparison of mechanical properties of the agro-residue filled PP with that of the wood flour and the old newsprint filled PP showed the suitability of the agro-residues as alternative filler for thermoplastics. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 Wheat straw nationallicence Cornstalk nationallicence Agro-residues nationallicence Natural fiber composites nationallicence Mechanical properties nationallicence Panthapulakkal Suhara Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, M5S 3B3, Toronto, Canada aut Sain Mohini Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, M5S 3B3, Toronto, Canada aut Journal of Polymers and the Environment Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 14/3(2006-07-01), 265-272 1566-2543 14:3<265 2006 14 10924 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-006-0021-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-006-0021-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Panthapulakkal Suhara Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, M5S 3B3, Toronto, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sain Mohini Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, M5S 3B3, Toronto, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Polymers and the Environment Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 14/3(2006-07-01), 265-272 1566-2543 14:3<265 2006 14 10924 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer