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Thermal Stability and Flame Retardancy of Epoxy/Natural Fiber Composites

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Natural fiber polymer composites (NFPCs) are materials of high-strength natural fiber-reinforced polymer matrices. With their eco-friendly nature and sustainability, NFPCs are getting more attention in academy and industrials to utilize natural fibers for potential applications, such as construction, automobile, marine, aerospace, and other applications. The mechanical characteristics and failure behaviors of NFPCs have been studied to compare with those of synthetic fiber-based composites. However, to replace the metal- or ceramic-based materials in the applications, an improvement of thermal stabilities, flame resistance, and dimensional stability at high temperature, which may extend their potential multidirectional applications, has also been presented.

With such context, this chapter provides the natural fiber-reinforced epoxy composites that showed high temperature stability and good flame retardancy and their applications. The effect of types and contents of natural fibers, modified surface fibers, and the addition of flame retardant on glass transition temperature, thermal degradation temperature, and flame retardancy of the composites have been investigated. Moreover, the important characteristics, such as physical and mechanical properties including strength under tensile, flexure, and impact loads, as well as water resistance, were also described.

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The authors are grateful to the funding and support of the following: Basic Research Fund (Blue Sky) of the National Research Council of Thailand; the 90th Anniversary of Chulalongkorn University Scholarship; the Ratchadaphiseksomphot Endowment Fund of Chulalongkorn University; the National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC); the NSTDA; the Ministry of Science and Technology, Thailand; the Office of National Higher Education Science Research and Innovation Policy Council (NXPO); Program Management Unit Competitiveness (PMU C) (grant number C16F630128); and the Thailand Science Research and Innovation Fund (grant number 032/2564).

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand

    Chanchira Jubsilp & Phattarin Mora

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Sarawut Rimdusit

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Jubsilp, C., Mora, P., Rimdusit, S. (2022). Thermal Stability and Flame Retardancy of Epoxy/Natural Fiber Composites. In: Mavinkere Rangappa, S., Parameswaranpillai, J., Siengchin, S., Thomas, S. (eds) Handbook of Epoxy/Fiber Composites . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3603-6_26

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