Characterization of Cellulosic Fibres from Coconut Peduncle Leaf Stalk Fibres (CPLSF)
In this examination the Mechanical Properties of Coconut Leaf Stalk Fibre Peduncle is found for the various lengths (3mm, 6mm, 9mm) are taken and treating with two different process. One set of fibre is washed with the distilled water and another set of fibre is treated with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution to increase the strength of the fibre. Here the NaOH mixer is about 5% are considered. After treatment the fibre are dried for 2 days and cut to the required sample size. All sample composite materials were made using the standard die (hand layup method) and samples were cut using high-pressure water jet cutter as per ASTM standard. The test was taken with ASTM D638, ASTM D790 and ASTM D256 standard Universal testing machine (UTM). The result exemplify that the 6 mm alkali-treated CPLSF (6 NTCPLSF) composite exhibited the maximum tensile strength of 26.14MPa, the flexural strength of 79.81MPa and impact strength (Izod) 9.7 kJ/m2.