ABSTRACT
Green materials particularly from renewable waste biomass have attracted an increasing amount of concentration during the last few years (Averous 2004). Research on lignocellulosic waste biomass materials is increasing because of the prominent use of plant biomass in numerous applications ranging from traditional use of waste biomass and agricultural residues to some promising value-added products (Bledzki and Gassan 1999; Bledzki et al. 1996, 1998, 2010; Singha et al. 2009). The use of waste biomass as the most suitable alternative to traditional synthetic polymers for use in various elds (Debapriya and Adhikari 2004; Hagstrand and Oksman 2001; Singha et al. 2008; Singha and Thakur 2008) provides a number of advantages. Green polymer composites, which have been developed in recent years, have been among the most successful green materials, due to their high performance, which includes higher strength, homogenization, and machining behavior as well as ultimate disposability and the best utilization of raw material (Kabir et al. 2012a,b; Singha and Thakur 2009a,b). A number of studies are presently ongoing to use waste
6.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 125 6.2 Green Composites Reinforced with E. binata Fibers ................................... 126
6.2.1 Materials and Methods ..................................................................... 126 6.2.2 Green Polymer Composites Processing ............................................ 126 6.2.3 Characterization of Green Polymer Composites .............................. 127
6.3 Results and Discussion ................................................................................. 127 6.3.1 Tensile Strength ................................................................................ 127 6.3.2 Compressive Strength ....................................................................... 128 6.3.3 Flexural Strength .............................................................................. 128 6.3.4 Wear Test .......................................................................................... 129 6.3.5 Morphological and Thermal Study of the Green Composites .......... 129
6.4 Conclusions ................................................................................................... 129 Acknowledgment ................................................................................................... 130 References .............................................................................................................. 130
biomass such as cellulosic bers in place of synthetic bers in various applications (Panthapulakkal et al. 2006; Thakur and Singha 2010a-c).
