This work compares the effects of plasma treatment on the sorption capacity of untreated and treated coconut fibers. Non-woven mats of coconut fibers were firstly molded by hand, than washed with boiling water, dried, and ...

Composites manufactured by resin transfer molding depend on appropriate processing parameters to ensure adequate reinforcement-matrix adhesion. Permeability predicts the fluid flow resistance through reinforcement. The ...

In the tropical countries, the green coconut water consumption generates a great problem with the fruit final destination. To minimize this problem, it is necessary to find applicability to the residues. In this sense, ...

Actually, studies about the utilization of natural fibers as reinforcement in polymeric composites are increasing due to the improvements that fibers can provide to the product. In this work, chemical modification of the ...

In this work untreated and alkali treated nonwoven coconut fiber mats/epoxy resin composites were manufactured using the resin transfer molding process. The alkaline solution removes some impurities present on fibers ...

Portuguese chestnut (Castanea sativa) is used for forest products, raw nuts and processed flour, paste, and candy. We studied the influence on germination efficiency of seed with and without partial tegument removal combined ...

Cellulose nanowhiskers were prepared by sulfuric acid hydrolysis from coconut husk fibers which had previously been submitted to a delignification process. The effects of preparation conditions on the thermal and morphological ...

Cellulose nanowhiskers were prepared by sulfuric acid hydrolysis from coconut husk fibers which had previously been submitted to a delignification process. The effects of preparation conditions on the thermal and morphological ...