
312 Green Composites from Natural Resources
14.2.3 faBriCation and CharaCterization of Green PolyMer
CoMPosites PrePared usinG funCtionalized fiBers
For the preparation of green polymer composites using S. ciliare bers as rein-
forcement, polymer resin matrix, that is, –PF, had been synthesized by the standard
method by using phenol and formaldehyde in different molar ratios (1.0:1.0, 1.0:1.5,
1.0:2.0, 1.0:2.5, and 1.0:3.0) in the reaction kettle (Singha and Thakur 2010b; Thakur
et al. 2010).
On the other hand, the reinforcements, that is, functionalized S. cilliare bers,
were used in three different forms (particle, short, and long ber rein ...