ABSTRACT
Polymers and their composites are finding many uses in the people daily life due to their outstanding properties; unfortunately, however, because of their non degradation, they are causing environmental problems. Cellulose is an abundantly available transparent biopolymer with excellent user temperatures. For preparing the films by regeneration method, initially cellulose has to be dissolved in an appropriate solvent. Polylactic Acid is a biodegradable thermoplastic derived from natural sources like kiwi fruits and sugarcane bagasse. The natural fibers derived from the uniaxial Sterculia urens fabrics collected from the Nallamala forest area of Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh, India are utilized. Tensile testing of the matrix and the cellulose/Sterculia short fiber composite films has been carried out employing an Instron 3369 Universal testing machine fitted with 10 kN load cell at a stretching rate of 5 mm/minute. The century fibers intended for making of biocomposites are obtained from the Mahaboobabad town of Warangal district, Telangana, India.
