Paper Title:

The Study of Polylactic Acid/corn Straw Fiber Composite Cushioning Material by Hot-Press Forming

Periodical Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 233 - 235)
Main Theme Fundamental of Chemical Engineering
Edited by Zhong Cao, Lixian Sun, Xueqiang Cao, Yinghe He
Pages 2836-2839
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.233-235.2836
Citation Yu Wang et al., 2011, Advanced Materials Research, 233-235, 2836
Online since May, 2011
Authors Yu Wang, Ping Zhang, De Gao, Lei Pei
Keywords Corn Straw Fiber, Cushion Materials, Hot Press, Poly(lactic acid) (PLA)
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Abstract

In this paper, we have studied the hot forming process of composites made by polylactic acid (PLA) and corn straw fiber. In order to obtain the composite cushioning material with ideal density and expansion ratio, the parameters of processing was optimized. It showed that the optimum condition as follows: the hot-press time was 5min, the pressure was 15MPa and the temperature was 200oC. The structure of the composite was characterized by FTIR.