Wijang Wisnu Raharjo, Rudy Soenoko, Yudy Surya Irawan, Agus Suprapto
The influence of chemical treatments on the properties of cantala fiber as well as on the quality of the interfacial bonding of cantala fiber/rHDPE was investigated. The fibers were treated with alkali, silane, and a combination of both. The results showed that the loss of hemicellulose and lignin after the alkali treatment, and the presence of a silane layer on the fiber surface after the silane or alkali-silane treatment, improved the thermal stability, surface energy, and IFSS. The highest surface energy of 45.37 mN/m was obtained during the alkali treatment (NF12). The alkali-silane treatment with 0.75% wt of silane (NSF075) gave the highest thermal stability and IFSS value. © 2017 Taylor & Francis.
Mechanical Engineering Department, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia; Mechanical Engineering Department, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia; Mechanical Engineering Department, Merdeka University, Malang, Indonesia
