Preparation and Mechanical Properties of Short Antheraea pernyi Silk Fiber Reinforced Onion Composite

Abstract:

To protect resource and environment, recently, the effective recycling of waste natural resources has been paid increased attention by many countries. In this study, the waste onion was used as the matrix material, and the Antheraea pernyi (A. pernyi) silk was used as the reinforcement fiber. The silk/onion composite paper with different fiber content was developed by papermaking technology. The morphological observation and tensile property tests were done. The consequence indicated that the onion had definite matrix property. Onion cell is also looked as a natural nanocomposite reinforced with cellulose microfibrils. The produced onion paper had a tensile strenght of 29.31 MPa and elongation of 1.14%. The A. pernyi silk fiber originated from waste silk quilt had the good reinforcing property for onion matrix, and the tensile property of onion-based composite with different silk fiber content was investigated. The tensile strength of this green-composite were improved remarkably to 46.2 MPa with increasing 31.75 wt% fiber content. The tensile property of this composite can be futher improved by changing the length of silk fiber and coating additives on the composite surface.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 842)
• Pages: 110-113
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.842.110
• Online since: November 2013
• Authors: Ruo Yuan Song*, Lai Jiu Zheng, Yu Ping Zhao, Yong Fang Qian
• Keywords: Antheraea pernyi Silk Fiber, Green-Composite, Mechanical Property, Waste Onion

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