Influence of Chemical Treatments on Properties of Flax Fiber Reinforced Composites

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Flax fibres surface were treated by different treatment in order to enhance the interfacial bonding force between flax natural fibres and vinyl resin matrix. The experiment of contact angle and mechanical property were done to characterize the surface topography and bonding force and choose the best modification. What’s more, the morphology behaviour of the flax fibre surface were charact- erized using SEM.

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