Valorization of Agricultural Residues for Cellulose Nanofibrils Production and Their Use in Nanocomposite Manufacturing

Table 2

Summary of mechanical properties for nanocomposites prepared from Prunus amygdalus CNFs.

	Tensile testing			DMA analysis
	Elongation at break (mm)	(MPa)	Stress at break (MPa)	(MPa) at 70°C
Neat matrix	3391	1.83	1.49	0.655	1.00
1 wt.% CNFs	1562	109.1	2.74	2.578	3.93
2 wt.% CNFs	1443	162.3	4.48	36.528	55.74
5 wt.% CNFs	865	165.4	6.41	45.589	69.57
7 wt.% CNFs	439	276.5	11.37	175.370	267.60
10 wt.% CNFs	118	286.5	12.82	494.685	754.86
15 wt.% CNFs	85	410.1	16.62	459.497	701.16

: Young’s modulus obtained by tensile test; (at 70°C): Young’s modulus obtained by DMA; : ratio of Young’s modulus (DMA) of tested material by Young’s modulus of neat matrix (DMA).