The contribution of natural lignocellulosic fibers to the reduction in wear damage polymer resins is interest, especially when two these can combine their respective effects. Wear properties hybrid kenaf/banana epoxy composites have been investigated using three different total amount fibers, 20, 30 and 40 wt.%, at loading forces up N sliding distances 75 m. This demonstrated that introduction ...

This project was undertaken to study the biodegradability of PLA-KF biocomposite in different conditions; soil burial and immersion in water. The samples were buried in soil for 40 days to investigate the degradability of biocomposites. As for water absorption tests, the samples were immersed in three different types of water which were river water (pH 6), tap water (pH 7) and sea water (pH 7.5...

In order to excavate the related resistant genes in kenaf root-knot nematodes and explore molecular mechanism of interaction between nematodes, based on obtained gene  NPR1 nematode from by transcriptome sequencing, PCR RACE technology were used clone full length  in kenaf, was named as HcNPR1 this study. The cDNA  to has a 2 058 bp, its open reading frame (ORF) is 1 776 bp (Chr:...

Currently, biofibers are used as a reinforcement in polymer composites for structural elements and construction materials instead of the synthetic fibers which cause environmental problems expensive. One chemicals with pH close to neutral that can be potentially modified fiber material is sodium chloride (NaCl). Therefore, this study aims investigate characteristics composite board made from Na...

Active packaging based on chitosan (Ch) incorporated with six different natural hydro-alcoholic extracts (HAE) (rosemary, green tea, black ginger, kenaf, and sage) were developed tested to extend the shelf life of fresh poultry meat. The quality meat packaged was assessed through physical-chemical microbiological characterization over 15 days refrigerated storage. In vitro antimicrobial activit...