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http://dx.doi.org/10.7234/kscm.2007.20.2.032

Domestic/overseas Market and Technical Issues of Natural Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composites  

Yi, Jin-Woo (한국기계연구원 복합재료팀)
Lee, Jung-Hoon (한국기계연구원 복합재료팀)
Hwang, Byung-Sun (한국기계연구원 복합재료팀)
Kim, Byung-Sun (한국기계연구원 복합재료팀)
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Composites Research / v.20, no.2, 2007 , pp. 32-38 More about this Journal
Abstract
Natural fibers can refer to all types of fibres only produced by nature. Their lengths vary from particles to long strands. Natural fibers are categorized roughly by six types, depending on the types of sources; base, leaf, seed, grasses, fruit and wood. Of these fibers, jute, flax, sisal and ramie are the most commonly used as reinforced materials in preparing polymer composites. In development and improvement of these composites, many studies have been implemented to overcome the drawbacks such as incompatibility, moisture problems and so on. The range of industry sectors of natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites becomes more extensive gradually and many of the companies all over the world are engaged in fabrications or applications. This paper mainly discussed the recent status of the domestic/overseas market and research issues of natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites. We made an exception of wood-polymer composites market which have played a great role because they had been often dealt with.
Keywords
Natural fiber; Polymer composite; Market; Technical Issue;
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