TY - JOUR
T1 - Composites from ground chicken quill and polypropylene
AU - Huda, Shah
AU - Yang, Yiqi
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial supports from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Agricultural Research Division, and funds through the Hatch Act and the Multi-State Research Project S-1026 are gratefully acknowledged. We thank Featherfiber Corporation, Barnet Southern, and Flaxcraft, Inc. for providing raw materials for the research, Phillip Davis of Milliken & Company for performing acoustic tests, and Narendra Reddy of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for support in various fashions.
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - Mechanical and acoustical properties of composites from ground chicken quill and polypropylene (PP) have been investigated and compared with jute-PP composites. A functional composite of ground poultry quill may potentially lead to significant reduction of environmental pollution through replacement of nonrenewable materials in composites. The effect of concentration of ground quill, holding temperature, and density on mechanical properties of composites and the effect of ground quill concentration and density on sound absorption have been studied. Void contents in composites and the effect of ground quill concentration and density on round cabsorption have also been related to mechanical and noise absorption properties. Quill has better compatibility to PP compared with jute. Optimized ground quill-PP composites have similar flexural strength and offset yield load, lower modulus of elasticity, and lower tensile strength and modulus compared with optimized jute-PP composites. Noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of ground quill composites is 71% higher than that of jute composites at optimized conditions in terms of flexural properties.
AB - Mechanical and acoustical properties of composites from ground chicken quill and polypropylene (PP) have been investigated and compared with jute-PP composites. A functional composite of ground poultry quill may potentially lead to significant reduction of environmental pollution through replacement of nonrenewable materials in composites. The effect of concentration of ground quill, holding temperature, and density on mechanical properties of composites and the effect of ground quill concentration and density on sound absorption have been studied. Void contents in composites and the effect of ground quill concentration and density on round cabsorption have also been related to mechanical and noise absorption properties. Quill has better compatibility to PP compared with jute. Optimized ground quill-PP composites have similar flexural strength and offset yield load, lower modulus of elasticity, and lower tensile strength and modulus compared with optimized jute-PP composites. Noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of ground quill composites is 71% higher than that of jute composites at optimized conditions in terms of flexural properties.
KW - A. Particle-reinforced composites
KW - A. Short-fiber composites
KW - A. Structural materials
KW - B. Mechanical properties
KW - Quill
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U2 - 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.08.015
DO - 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.08.015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38649094636
SN - 0266-3538
VL - 68
SP - 790
EP - 798
JO - Composites Science and Technology
JF - Composites Science and Technology
IS - 3-4
ER -