Mechanical and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of the Amino Silicone Oil Emulsion Modified Ramie Fiber Reinforced Composites

• Published in: Polymers Vol. 13; no. 23; p. 4083
• Main Authors: He, Liping, Xia, Fan, Wang, Yuan, Yuan, Jianmin, Chen, Dachuan, Zheng, Junchao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 24-11-2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Adhesion; Composite materials; Damping ratio; Dynamic mechanical analysis; Dynamic mechanical properties; Energy dissipation; Extrusion molding; Fiber composites; Fiber reinforced polymers; Fourier transforms; Heterogeneity; Injection molding; interface; Interfacial bonding; Loss modulus; Mechanical properties; natural fiber; Phase transitions; Polymer matrix composites; Scanning electron microscopy; Silicone resins; Spectrum analysis; Stiffness; Storage modulus; Stress transfer; Viscoelasticity; China
• ISSN: 2073-4360; 2073-4360
• DOI: 10.3390/polym13234083

The mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties, interface adhesion and microstructures of the amino silicone oil emulsion (ASO) modified short ramie fiber reinforced polypropylene composites (RFPCs) with different fiber fractions were investigated. The RFPCs were made through a combined process of extrusion and injection molding. Mechanical property tests of the RFPCs revealed enhancements in tensile and flexural strengths with increase of the fiber fraction due to the high stiffness of the fiber filler and a better interfacial bonding from ASO treatment. The dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) results indicated that fiber incorporation plays an important role in DMA parameters (storage modulus, loss modulus, and damping ratio) at Tg by forming an improved interfacial adhesion and providing more effective stress transfer rate and energy dissipation between matrix and fiber. The phase behavior analysis suggests all the RFPCs are a kind of heterogeneity system based on the Cole-Cole plot analysis.