Mechanical Behaviour and Thermal Properties of Pine Apple Leaf Fiber Reinforced Vinyl Ester Composites

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Types of pineapple leaf fiber</td><td class="align_center">Crystallinity index</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Soaked for 24 hours in water-</td><td class="align_center">74.26</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Abrasive-combed</td><td class="align_center">73.12</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Fine fiber strands</td><td class="align_center">74.42</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">1% sodium hypochlorite (2 hours)</td><td class="align_center">73.14</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">1% sodium hypochlorite (4 hours)</td><td class="align_center">71.28</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Crystallinity indexes of various PALF.</div>

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Table 1: Mechanical Behaviour and Thermal Properties of Pine Apple Leaf Fiber Reinforced Vinyl Ester Composites 