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...mposites with better mechanical properties and environmental performance, it is necessary to impart hydrophobicity to the natural fibers. Various fiber surface treatments such as alkali/mercerization =-=[9,10]-=-, silane [11,12], combination of alkali and silane [13,14], monomer grafting under UV radiation [15,16], and various other methods such as acetylation, benzyolation, etc. [17,18] have been reported by...

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...tal performance, it is necessary to impart hydrophobicity to the natural fibers. Various fiber surface treatments such as alkali/mercerization [9,10], silane [11,12], combination of alkali and silane =-=[13,14]-=-, monomer grafting under UV radiation [15,16], and various other methods such as acetylation, benzyolation, etc. [17,18] have been reported by several authors. Similarly other methods include incorpor...

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...e stiffness, strength, as well as moisture resistance of the composites. However, a few literatures are available on natural/synthetic fiber reinforced hybrid composites [28,46–48]. Kalaprasad et al. =-=[49,50]-=- have studied the low density polyethylene (LDPE) based short banana–glass fiber hybrid composite and have observed a considerable enhancement in the mechanical properties of the composites. Yang et a...

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...opularity. Various attempts have already been made using different synthetic fiber reinforced hybrid composites such as carbon/glass [30–34], carbon/Kevlar [35–38], carbon/UHMPE [39–42], aramid/UHMPE =-=[43,44]-=-, and UHMPE/glass [45]. Hybridization of natural fiber with stronger and corrosion resistant synthetic fibers like carbon, aramid, glass, etc., can improve the stiffness, strength, as well as moisture...

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...opularity. Various attempts have already been made using different synthetic fiber reinforced hybrid composites such as carbon/glass [30–34], carbon/Kevlar [35–38], carbon/UHMPE [39–42], aramid/UHMPE =-=[43,44]-=-, and UHMPE/glass [45]. Hybridization of natural fiber with stronger and corrosion resistant synthetic fibers like carbon, aramid, glass, etc., can improve the stiffness, strength, as well as moisture...

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...etter mechanical properties and environmental performance, it is necessary to impart hydrophobicity to the natural fibers. Various fiber surface treatments such as alkali/mercerization [9,10], silane =-=[11,12]-=-, combination of alkali and silane [13,14], monomer grafting under UV radiation [15,16], and various other methods such as acetylation, benzyolation, etc. [17,18] have been reported by several authors...

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...drophobicity to the natural fibers. Various fiber surface treatments such as alkali/mercerization [9,10], silane [11,12], combination of alkali and silane [13,14], monomer grafting under UV radiation =-=[15,16]-=-, and various other methods such as acetylation, benzyolation, etc. [17,18] have been reported by several authors. Similarly other methods include incorporation of polar maleic anhydride grafted polyp...

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...s alkali/mercerization [9,10], silane [11,12], combination of alkali and silane [13,14], monomer grafting under UV radiation [15,16], and various other methods such as acetylation, benzyolation, etc. =-=[17,18]-=- have been reported by several authors. Similarly other methods include incorporation of polar maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) which improves the fiber dispersion and fiber/matrix interf...

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...Polypropylene–Bamboo/Glass fiber Hybrid Composites 2743sat PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV on April 9, 2016jrp.sagepub.comDownloaded fromsdecrease in segmental mobility of the polymer chain. Kuruvilla et al. =-=[58]-=- have also reported that incorporation of short sisal fiber into low-density polyethylene (LDPE), results in an increase in storage and loss modulus, whereas the mechanical loss factor (tan ) decreas...