Natural coir fibers, subjectd to thermal treatments in the range of 0oC to 200oC and alkali treatment with 5% to 30% concentration w/w, have been used in the present investigation to determine the interlayer variability of the cellulose planes (020), (110) and (110). Among the equatorial reflections (110), (110) and (020), the extent of variability is found to be more with the proportion of suc...

The global production of coconut, mainly for food and oil production, exceeds 62 million tonnes per annum. Large quantities coconut husk remain unutilized after industrial processing, giving rise to environmental problems. This fails exploit the potential presented by extraction coir, which could have numerous applications. Traditional products such as textiles, mats, brushes made from coir are...

This study aims to determine the composition of oxide, characteristics palm shell and coir, silica gel synthesized. The oxide composition, crystallinity, coir ash functional groups were analyzed using XRF, XRD, FTIR. Analysis crystallinity FT-IR XRD. results showed SiO2 in was 76%, form quartz cristobalite more dominant than amorphous SiO2. synthesis success indicated by appearance peaks with l...

In recent years, composite material replaces conventional like metal, wood etc due to its light weight, high strength weight ratio and stiffness properties. Natural fibers coir, bamboo fiber, banana plant fiber has low cost, easily availability less harmful human. this work, coir is used as a reinforced material. Composites were prepared with different of epoxy resin. To find the effect on mech...

Coir fibers are natural with high tensile strength and pressure resistance, making them an alternative soil reinforcement material. However, the effect of fiber length on improving consolidation properties has yet to be largely explored. Therefore, this study investigated content coir soft mechanical behavior through a series one-dimensional tests. Fibers >10 mm 30 >30 50 lengths were mix...

Experimental research involving Arabidopsis thaliana often involves the quantification of phenotypic traits during cultivation on compost or other growing media. Many commercially-available growing media contain peat, but peat extraction is not sustainable due to its very slow rate of formation. Moreover, peat extraction reduces peatland biodiversity and releases stored carbon and methane into ...