Investigations into the tensile properties and microstructural features of Coconut fibre (Coir) reinforced Polylactic acid (PLA) biodegradable composites

CI Madueke, OJ Agunsoye… - UNIZIK Journal of …, 2023 - journals.unizik.edu.ng
The study investigated the tensile properties of coconut fibre reinforced Polylactic acid
biopolymer. Unidirectional arrays of coir fibres with an average diameter of 0.242 mm and a …

Effects of NaOH treatment and NaOH treatment conditions on the mechanical properties of coir fibres for use in composites manufacture

CI Madueke, SD Pandita, F Biddlestone… - Journal of the Indian …, 2024 - Springer
The influences of NaOH treatment and NaOH treatment conditions (NaOH concentration,
treatment temperature and duration) on the mechanical properties of coir fibres were …

Tensile behaviour of (3-Aminopropyl) trimethoxysilane and (3-Glycidyloxypropyl) trimethoxysilane treated coir for composites applications

CI Madueke, B Bolasodun… - UNIZIK Journal of …, 2023 - journals.unizik.edu.ng
The tensile properties of as-received coir treated using 0.25%(3-Glycidyloxypropyl)
trimethoxysilane and those treated with 0.25% of (3-Aminopropyl) trimethoxysilane have …

Chemical Treatment of Coir Fibre using NaOH for Composites Applications: A Review

CI Madueke, OM Mbah… - Adeleke …, 2021 - aujet.adelekeuniversity.edu.ng
Coir is a lignocellulosic fibre which has been used widely used in a host of applications.
These applications range from furniture such as upholsteries to erosion-control blankets …

Tensile and microstructural properties of unidirectional coir bio-derived epoxy composites

CI Madueke, R Umunakwe, SG Borisade… - Nigerian Journal of …, 2022 - ajol.info
The study investigates the possibilities of reinforcing bio-derived epoxy (bio-epoxy) polymer
with unidirectional arrays of coir fibre using hand layup. The coir fibres were unidirectionally …