Biomass carbon ratio of biobased polymer composites filled with cellulose fibers measured by accelerator mass spectrometry

• Main Authors: FUNABASHI, M, LISTYARINI, A, KUNIOKA, M
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Biomass; Carbon; Carbon fiber reinforced plastics; Cellulose; Cellulose fibers; Composite materials; Composites; Cotton; Cotton fibers; Exact sciences and technology; Fibers; Fillers; Forms of application and semi-finished materials; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Mass spectrometry; Mass spectroscopy; Mechanical properties; Oil palm trees; Optical fibers; Optical microscopes; Physics; Polymer industry, paints, wood; Polymer matrix composites; Solid mechanics; Starch; Structural and continuum mechanics; Technology of polymers; Tensile tests; Thermogravimetry; Wood; Wood. Paper. Non wovens
• ISSN: 1746-4498; 1743-3509
• DOI: 10.2495/HPSM080241

Composite samples were made of poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) and cellulose fillers. Cellulose powders, cotton fibers, and fibers derived from trunks, frond petioles, and an oil palm empty fruit bunch were used as fillers of composite samples. A sheet of the composite was made by hot-pressing the mixture of PBS powders and fillers. Oil palm tree fibers were observed by an optical microscope. Thermal degradations of these fibers were measured by thermogravimetry. The biomass carbon ratio of the starch and wood were described. The biomass carbon ratio of the PBS composites with cellulose fibers was investigated. The mechanical properties of the PBS composites were measured by tensile test using dumbbell specimens. The possibility of an evaluation method of biomass carbon ratio of composite materials was shown.