苎麻纤维增强聚乳酸复合材料性能研究

Effect of fiber content on the properties of ramie fiber reinforced poly (lactic acid) composites

  • 摘要: 通过密炼−注塑成型工艺制备了不同苎麻纤维含量的聚乳酸基复合材料,研究了纤维含量对复合材料性能的影响规律,并揭示了纤维增强机理。研究表明,苎麻纤维的添加提高了复合材料的耐热性能,尤其是当纤维质量分数为40%时,复合材料的热变形温度提高了10.5%。此外,苎麻纤维均匀地分散在基体中,由于纤维与聚乳酸的界面强度较弱,断面上有大量的纤维拔出和纤维孔洞;差示扫描量热仪测试表明高含量的纤维限制了聚乳酸分子链的运动,促进复合材料形成更加致密完善的晶核;同时,流变行为也表明苎麻纤维含量的增加有助于提高复合材料的黏弹响应和复合黏度;最后,苎麻纤维的加入提高了复合材料的拉伸和弯曲强度,且随纤维含量的增加而增大。与聚乳酸相比,当纤维质量分数为40%时复合材料的拉伸和弯曲强度分别提高了30%和21.9%。

     

    Abstract: Natural fiber, as an alternative to synthetic fiber, is of great potential to reinforce composites that are applied in engineering fields such as automotive aerospace, automotive, sports, packaging, medical, and construction due to their renewability, environmental friendliness, high specific strength, and modulus. To realize this potential, ramie fiber reinforced poly (lactic acid) (PLA) composites with different fiber loadings were fabricated by injection molding. The heat deformation temperature, microstructure, crystallization behavior, rheological behavior, and mechanical properties of the composites were also analyzed. Results indicated that the heat resistance of the composites was improved with increased fiber loading. Particularly, the heat deformation temperature of the composites was improved by 10.5% when fiber with mass fraction of 40% was blended into the matrix. In addition, there were numerous fiber pull-outs and holes in the fractured surface due to poor interfacial adhesion between the fibers and PLA. Meanwhile, ramie fibers were uniformly distributed in the matrix when incorporating a low fiber content, but fiber agglomerations occurred in the matrix when introducing a high fiber loading (mass fraction of 40%) because of the poor wettability between the fibers and PLA. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) showed that the high fiber loading in the composites restricted the movement of the PLA molecular chain and promoted the formation of the perfect crystal. At the same time, samples with a high content of fiber contributed to the enhancement of the storage modulus, loss modulus, and complex viscosity of the composites due to the fibers’ physical joint in the matrix. Finally, the tensile and flexural strengths of the composites were improved with increased fiber loading. However, when the mass fraction of loading fiber was greater than 30%, the increase of tensile and flexural strengths of the composites was slow due to the weak wettability of the PLA matrix to the fiber. Compared to PLA, the incorporation of fiber with mass fraction of 40% increased the tensile and bending strengths of the composites by 30% and 21.9%, respectively.

     

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