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Coir Fiber and its Composites
Processing, Properties and Applications
- 1st Edition - August 26, 2022
- Editor: Mohammad Jawaid
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 0 7 9 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 0 8 0 - 4
Coir Fiber and its Composites: Processing, Properties and Applications presents unified knowledge on eco-friendly coir fiber composites, covering their characterization, design, m… Read more
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Request a sales quoteCoir Fiber and its Composites: Processing, Properties and Applications presents unified knowledge on eco-friendly coir fiber composites, covering their characterization, design, manufacture and applications. The properties of coir fiber and its extraction and processing are explored in-depth, thus helping researchers, scientists and those working in various industries understand the need of coir fiber composites in the development of green, biodegradable and sustainable components that have potential in real-world applications. The book elaborates on the basic characterization of coir fibers and its composite properties such, including its physical, mechanical, morphological, thermal, structural and chemical properties.
Users will find sound knowledge on coir fiber and its composites, including modern design and manufacture engineering with numerous example illustrations, methods and results that will be valuable for graduate students, researchers and industrialists working in the development of plant-based composite materials.
- Covers all aspects of coir fibers and their composites, such as cultivation, extraction, processing, modification, composite design, properties and applications
- Provides an overview of all types of natural fibers and their composites to give an insight on which fiber is suitable for a specific application
- Presents a comparison in terms of properties, costs, production processes and availability of different fibers
- Covers lifecycle assessment, case studies on industrial product development, manufacturing and design as well as numerical problems and solutions
Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers working in the natural fiber composites industry, chemists developing nanocellulose, polymer science and engineering, forestry and agriculture
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- About the editors
- Chapter 1 Coir fiber: Geographic distribution and cultivation
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Coconut fiber production and geographical distribution in the world
- 1.3 Cultivation of coconut tress
- 1.4 Influence of climate change and environmental influence on coconut productions
- 1.5 Ecological and economic properties of coconut fiber
- 1.6 Conclusion
- Conflicts of interest
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 2 Extraction of coir fibers by different methods
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Natural fibers
- 2.3 Types of coconut coir
- 2.4 Extraction of coir fibers
- 2.5 Harvesting and husking of coir fibers
- 2.6 Coir fiber applications
- 2.7 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 3 Anatomical structure of coir fibers
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Structures and morphology
- 3.3 Anatomical characteristics
- 3.4 Effect of treatments on coir fiber anatomical characteristics
- References
- Chapter 4 Review on coir fiber surface modification by various techniques
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Natural fibers—A sustainable choice
- 4.3 Coir—The golden fiber
- 4.4 Treatment techniques for coir fibers
- 4.5 Effect of coir fiber in polymer composites
- 4.6 Facts about coir
- 4.7 The wonders of coir
- 4.8 Applications of treated coir fibers
- 4.9 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5 Physical, morphological, structural, thermal, and tensile properties of coir fibers
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Properties of coir fibers
- 5.3 Properties of coir-based composites
- 5.4 Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
- Conflicts of interest
- References
- Chapter 6 Matrix materials for coir fibers: Mechanical and morphological properties
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Composition of coir fibers
- 6.3 Extraction of coir fiber
- 6.4 Matrix material for coir fiber composite
- 6.5 Preparation of coir fiber polymer composites
- 6.6 Properties of coir fiber composite
- 6.7 Application of coir fiber composite
- 6.8 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 7 Manufacturing and design of coir fiber composites
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Types of coir fiber reinforcement
- 7.3 Hybrid coir fiber reinforced composites
- 7.4 Treatment methods of coir fibers
- 7.5 Coir fiber reinforced composites manufacturing techniques
- 7.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8 Mechanical properties of coir and coir-based hybrid polymeric composites
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Mechanical properties of coir fiber-reinforced different polymeric composites
- 8.3 Mechanical properties of coir-based hybrid natural fiber composites
- 8.4 Mechanical properties of hybrid coir/synthetic fiber-reinforced polymeric composites
- 8.5. Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 9 Thermal properties of coir fiber-reinforced polymer composites
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Coir fibers: Structure, modifications, and properties
- 9.3 Composite's manufacturing
- 9.4 Thermal properties of coir fibers-based polymer composites
- 9.5 Thermal properties coir fibers-based polymer blend composites
- 9.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10 Cellulose nanostructures extracted from coir fibers
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Coir fiber material
- 10.3 Nanocellulose
- 10.4 Nanocellulose extraction methods
- 10.5 Chemical modification of nanocellulose
- 10.6 Nanocellulose applications
- 10.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 11 Physicochemical and morphological properties of microcrystalline cellulose and nanocellulose extracted from coir fibers and its composites
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Nanocellulose
- 11.3 Microcrystalline cellulose
- 11.4 Coir fiber as a prominent lignocellulosic material
- 11.5 Microcrystalline cellulose and nanocellulose reinforced composites extracted from coir materials
- 11.6 Application of nanocellulose and microcrystalline cellulose
- 11.7 Conclusion
- Conflicts of interest
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 12 Coir fiber-based nanocomposites: Synthesis and application
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Composite (a definition)
- 12.3 Nanocomposite
- 12.4 Characterization and general properties of coir fiber
- 12.5 Applications
- 12.6 Future prospect and commercialization of coir fiber nanocomposite
- 12.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 13 Impact and flexural properties of ABS biocomposites reinforced with coir fiber
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Materials and methods
- 13.3 Results and discussion
- 13.4 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 14 Coir fiber-based cellulose, nanocellulose, and their cutting-edge applications
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Types of coir fiber
- 14.3 Properties of coir fiber
- 14.4 Effect of fiber length on coir fiber
- 14.5 Composition of coir fiber
- 14.6 Coir fiber-based cellulose
- 14.7 Nanocellulose from coir fiber
- 14.8 Application of coir fiber-based cellulose and nanocellulose
- 14.9 Conclusion and future prospective
- References
- Chapter 15 Comparison of coconut coir and date palm coir (sheath fiber) and their composites
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Fiber comparison
- 15.3 Composite comparison
- 15.4. Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 16 Use of coir fibers for water and air filters
- 16.1 Introduction: The transition toward the use of sustainable filters for water and air
- 16.2 The production system of coconut palm and the issue of waste
- 16.3 The characteristics of coir fibers
- 16.4 Coconut-based air and water filters
- 16.5 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 17 The acoustic properties of coir coconut fiber
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Coir fiber: General properties
- 17.3 Acoustic properties
- 17.4 Acoustic properties modeling
- 17.5 Conclusion
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 394
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 26, 2022
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323910798
- eBook ISBN: 9780323910804
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Mohammad Jawaid
Dr. Mohammad Jawaid is currently affiliated with the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at United Arab Emirates University. Previously he was a senior fellow (professor) in the Laboratory of Biocomposites Technology at the Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia. He is an eminent scientist with more than twenty years of teaching, and research experience in composite materials. His research interests include hybrid reinforced/filled polymer composites, and advanced materials such as graphene/
nanoclay/fire retardant, lignocellulosic reinforced/filled polymer composites, and the modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibres and solid wood, and nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibres.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab EmiratesRead Coir Fiber and its Composites on ScienceDirect