Degradation Characteristics of Rice Straw/Poly(Lactic Acid) Composites |
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| Journal | Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 391 - 392) |
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| Volume | Chemical Engineering and Material Properties |
| Edited by | H.M. Zhang and B. Wu |
| Pages | 1268-1272 |
| DOI | 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.391-392.1268 |
| Citation | Eiichi Sakai et al., 2011, Advanced Materials Research, 391-392, 1268 |
| Online since | December, 2011 |
| Authors | Eiichi Sakai, Jian Hui Qiu, Takuya Murata, Ito Kazushi, Junichi Kobayashi, Takehiko Takahashi |
| Keywords | Degradation, Poly(lactic acid) (PLA), Rice Straw, Tensile Properties, Water Absorption |
| Abstract | To consider the effective utilization of agricultural wastes, rice straw/Poly (lactic acid) (PLA) composites were prepared by the mechanically compounding and injection molding. The water contents were increased with increasing the rice straw content. After natural weathering or burial in soil, more microcracks were observed on the surface of the PLA composites rather than the pure PLA. Moreover the tensile strength and the fracture strain of PLA composites were obviously decreased with increasing the weathering and burial testing term. |
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