Properties of Differently Compatibilized Bamboo Fiber Reinforced PE Composites - Natural Polymers, Biopolymers, Biomaterials, and Their Composites, Blends, and IPNs - page 115

Figure 5. Effect of ----in situ melt grafting of maleic anhydride (MA)/glycidyl methacrylate (GMA)
on the melting behavior of SDBF reinforced composites: (A) first and (B) second heating scans ( χ c
represents crystallinity index).
Figure 6. Effect of pre-grafted polymer as a compatibilizer (A) and ----in situ melt grafting of maleic
anhydride (MA)/ glycidyl methacrylate (GMA)(B) on the crystallization behaviour of SDBF reinforced
composites.
tensile Properties of ----In situ Grafted and Pre-grafted Polymer Composites
The results of normalized strength and modulus as a function of monomer content (%)
in compatibilized composites are shown in Figure 7. The strength first increased in
pre-grafted LLDPE composite due to the improvement at the interface of the matrix
and bamboo-fiber and then showed no trend with the addition of compatibilizer. It
was clear that the p-grafted composites held good strength with the addition of 1.5%