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Hybrid Polyester Composites Reinforced with Curauá Fibres and Nanoclays

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This work investigates a hybrid polyester composite consisted of Curauá natural fibres and organophilic clay nanoparticles. A Taguchi method is used to identify the effects of fibre fraction (10, 20 and 30 wt%), alkaline treatment concentration (NaOH, 2.5, 5 and 10 wt%), treatment time (2, 4 and 8 h) and nanoparticle content (2.5, 5 and 10 wt%) on the mechanical behaviour of the hybrid composites under tension and three-point bending. X-ray, FTIR and microstructural analysis are performed to assess the treated and untreated fibre surfaces. The optimum combination of the process parameters for the tensile and flexural properties is: fibre content at 30 wt%, NaOH concentration at 5 wt%, treatment time at 8 h and nanoclay inclusions at 5 wt%. A mean tensile and flexural strength of 36.13 MPa and 32.55 MPa are obtained, which represents percent increases of 39.22 % and 25.43 % compared to the polyester polymer in pristine condition.

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The authors thank the collaboration of the State University of Amazonas (UEA) and the State University of São Paulo (USP), and the financial support provided by CNPq (PDE - 205255/2017-5).

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of Amazonas (UEA), 69065-001, Manaus-AM, Brazil

    Gilberto García del Pino & Antonio Claudio Kieling

  2. Laboratory of Applied Mechanics and New Materials (LMANM), University 08 Mai 1945, Guelma, 24000, Algeria

    Abderrezak Bezazi & Haithem Boumediri

  3. Department of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy, University of São Paulo (USP), 05508-030, São Paulo-SP, Brazil

    Juliana Fontolan Rolim de Souza & Francisco Valenzuela Díaz

  4. School of Mechanical Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparíso (PUCV), Quilpué, Valparaíso, Chile

    Jose Luis Valin Rivera

  5. Department of Meteorology, State University of Amazonas (UEA), 69065-001, Manaus-AM, Brazil

    Jamile Dehaini

  6. Centre for Innovation and Technology in Composite Materials (CITeC), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of São João Del Rei (UFSJ), 36307-352, São João del Rei-MG, Brazil

    Tulio Hallak Panzera

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García del Pino, G., Kieling, A.C., Bezazi, A. et al. Hybrid Polyester Composites Reinforced with Curauá Fibres and Nanoclays. Fibers Polym 21, 399–406 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-020-9506-7

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