TY - JOUR
T1 - A New Natural Cellulosic Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan) Pod Fiber Characterization for Bio-degradable Polymeric Composites
AU - Shyam Kumar, R.
AU - Balasundar, P.
AU - Al-Dhabi, Naif Abdullah
AU - Prithivirajan, R.
AU - Ramkumar, T.
AU - Bhat, K. Subrahmanya
AU - Senthil, S.
AU - Narayanasamy, P.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Science Instrumentation Centre, Standard Fireworks Rajarathinam College for Women, Sivakasi, Tamilnadu, India for support to conduct the Spectroscopy and Thermal analysis to complete this work. We are also gratefully thanking to Kalasalingam University, Krishnankovil, Tamilnadu, India for taking the XRD and SEM analysis.
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© 2019 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - High performance natural cellulosic fiber can contribute to fiber-reinforced polymer composites or as organic fillers through replacement of the synthetic or man-made fibers. The natural fibers extracted from various parts of plant sources provides healthy and sustainable environment. Hence, the present work aimed to identify agro-residues of Cajanus cajan pod could be converted as organic filler through its intrinsic characters. The physico-chemical, morphology and anatomy, structural and thermal properties of C. cajan pod fibers are characterized by chemical analysis, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The physico-chemical properties of the pod fiber were determined as 59.15% of cellulose, 10.43% of hemi cellulose, 21.59% of lignin, 0.49% of wax, 3.05% of ash, and 5.29% of moisture content. The boundary of single fiber showed about 100 µm diameter. The thermal resistance of the pod fiber showed up to 274°C, will make it better performance. Thus, fiber from C. cajan pod would be better alternative for synthetic fibers and preferable reinforcement for bio-degradable polymeric composites.
AB - High performance natural cellulosic fiber can contribute to fiber-reinforced polymer composites or as organic fillers through replacement of the synthetic or man-made fibers. The natural fibers extracted from various parts of plant sources provides healthy and sustainable environment. Hence, the present work aimed to identify agro-residues of Cajanus cajan pod could be converted as organic filler through its intrinsic characters. The physico-chemical, morphology and anatomy, structural and thermal properties of C. cajan pod fibers are characterized by chemical analysis, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The physico-chemical properties of the pod fiber were determined as 59.15% of cellulose, 10.43% of hemi cellulose, 21.59% of lignin, 0.49% of wax, 3.05% of ash, and 5.29% of moisture content. The boundary of single fiber showed about 100 µm diameter. The thermal resistance of the pod fiber showed up to 274°C, will make it better performance. Thus, fiber from C. cajan pod would be better alternative for synthetic fibers and preferable reinforcement for bio-degradable polymeric composites.
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U2 - 10.1080/15440478.2019.1689887
DO - 10.1080/15440478.2019.1689887
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074969936
SN - 1544-0478
VL - 18
SP - 1285
EP - 1295
JO - Journal of Natural Fibers
JF - Journal of Natural Fibers
IS - 9
ER -