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Jute fiber (hessian cloth) reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites were prepared by compression molding. The composite fabrication temperature, pressure and time were 190°C, 4 tons and 5 min, respectively. The jute content, in the composites was studied over mechanical properties and it was observed that the highest TS (70 MPa), BS (75 MPa) and bending-E-modulus (2.35 GPa) were produced by 60% jute content, but Young's modulus was found to be the highest (1.95 GPa) at 38% jute content. To further improve the mechanical properties and interfacial adhesion behavior between jute and polypropylene, hessian cloth was pretreated with acrylic monomers, e.g., 1,4-butanediol diacrylate (BDDA), ethyl hexyl acrylate (EHA) and trypropylene glycol diacrylate (TPGDA) at different concentrations using 2% photoinitiator (Darocur-1116) under UV radiation of various intensities. Among all the monomers BDDA showed the best performance. The highest TS (90 MPa), BS (95 MPa), Young's modulus (2.2 GPa) and bending-E-modulus (3.2 GPa) of the composite were obtained when hessian cloth was cured by soaking it for 10 min in a solution containing 3% BDDA, 2% photoinitiator in methanol, followed by exposure to six passes of UV radiation. Under this condition polymer loading (PL) of photocured hessian cloth was 14%.

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jute natural fiber composite photocuring.

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Jute Reinforced Polypropylene Composite: Effect of Surface Pretreatment by Photocuring with Acrylic Monomers

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