Book.
1955 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
Antonio G. Lalusin, María Villavicencio,
Abaca (Musa textilis Nee.), a plant native to the Philippines, is the source of fiber known internationally ... stencil papers, and tea bags, among others. The abaca industry is a major dollar earner and an ... and forest conservation, it is expected that the abaca industry will continue to flourish in both domestic ... markets. With the advent of new uses of abaca, the crop will be extensively utilized for more ... is a natural and superior material. The Philippine abaca industry continues to make a stronghold in both ...
Tópico(s): Pineapple and bromelain studies
2014 - Springer Nature | Handbook of plant breeding
Book.
1953 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
Ming Cai, Hitoshi Takagi, Antonio Norio Nakagaito, Masahiro Katoh, Tomoyuki Ueki, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Yan Li,
... on the internal microstructure and tensile properties of abaca fibers. The abaca fibers were immersed in aqueous solutions of NaOH ( ... hollow region in each elementary fiber of the abaca fiber bundles. It was found that the lumen of the abaca fibers completely collapsed after 10 and 15 wt% ... treatments. It was found that cellulose I in abaca fibers was partially transformed to cellulose II after ... materials; such as hemicelluloses and lignin, from the abaca fibers, resulting in the separation of abaca fiber ...
Tópico(s): Textile materials and evaluations
2014 - Elsevier BV | Industrial Crops and Products
Book.
1954 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
Yucheng Liu, Yunhai Ma, Jiangtao Yu, Jian Zhuang, Siyang Wu, Jin Tong,
Abaca fibers show tremendous potential as reinforcing components in composite materials. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of abaca fiber content on physical, mechanical and tribological properties of abaca fiber reinforced friction composites. The friction composites were ... The experiment results show that surface treatment of abaca fibers could improve the mechanical properties of abaca fiber and interface bonding strength of the abaca fiber and composite matrix. Density of friction composites ...
Tópico(s): Brake Systems and Friction Analysis
2018 - Taylor & Francis | Composite Interfaces
Book.
1951 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
Feristah Unal, Ozan Avinç, Arzu Yavaş,
... world for future generations. In the recent years, abaca fiber which is a renewable, biodegradable, sustainable, eco- ... ecological properties and superior daily usage performance. Indeed, abaca fibers are biodegradable and renewable natural fibers and are listed among the sustainable textile resources. The abaca plant endemic in Asia is usually grown in the Philippines, Ecuador, Borneo, and Sumatra. Abaca fibers display a wide range of different designed ... owing to their promising properties. In many years, abaca fibers have been used for ship navy, rope, ...
Tópico(s): Textile materials and evaluations
2020 - Springer International Publishing | Sustainable textiles
Book.
1945 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
Naresh Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Jasmaninder Singh Grewal, Vikas Mehta, Sarafat Ali,
... fiber‐based reinforced polymer composites. In this research Abaca fiber and Kevlar fibers have been reinforced as ... were developed by using the various percentages of Abaca fibers (5–20%) and Kevlar fiber (5–10%) ... absorption, % compressibility increases as increase the percentage of Abaca fiber and Kevlar fiber in the polymer composite ... and density decrease with an increased percentage of Abaca and Kevlar fiber in the composite matrix. The ... performance for 5% brake pad composites among all Abaca fiber composites and while ultimate shear strength and ...
Tópico(s): Tribology and Wear Analysis
2021 - Wiley | Polymer Composites
Book.
1953 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
Geon-Wook Lee, Young Cheol Choi,
In this study, the effects of abaca fibers on the initial hydration and autogenous shrinkage characteristics of cement were investigated with the aim of using natural abaca fibers as construction materials. Abaca fiber content was chosen as the primary experimental ... time were measured. The internal curing effect of abaca fibers was evaluated using thermogravimetry and microstructure analysis ... and autogenous shrinkage tests. The results indicate that abaca fibers can be used as internal curing agents ...
Tópico(s): Concrete and Cement Materials Research
2022 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Building Engineering
Book.
1952 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
Leny C. Galvez, Cris Francis C. Barbosa, Rhosener Bhea L. Koh, Vermando M. Aquino,
Abaca bunchy top virus (ABTV) and banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) are pathogens that infect abaca in the Philippines causing significant reduction in abaca fiber yield and quality. In this study, a ... was developed for detecting ABTV and BBTV in abaca, Musa textilis Nee. Five primer sets were designed ... able to detect ABTV or BBTV in asymptomatic abaca samples. The developed LAMP protocols provide a simple, ... for the production of ABTV- and BBTV-free abaca tissue cultured plantlets. This is the first report ...
Tópico(s): Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
2020 - Elsevier BV | Crop Protection
Book.
1955 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
Md. Rezaur Rahman, Md. Monimul Huque, Md. Nazrul Islam, Mahbub Hasan,
In the present study, abaca was chemically treated with benzene diazonium salt in order to improve in the mechanical properties of the abaca-PP composites. Both raw and treated abaca samples were utilized for the fabrication of the ... properties of the composites prepared from chemically treated abaca are found to increase substantially compared to those ... the composites of both raw and chemically treated abaca-PP composites showed a decreasing trend with increasing ... content. However, the values for the chemically treated abaca-PP composites at all mixing ratios are found ...
Tópico(s): Tribology and Wear Analysis
2009 - Elsevier BV | Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
Book.
1953 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
Rully Dyah Purwati, Nurul Hidayah, Sudjindro Sudjindro, Sudarsono Sudarsono,
Abaca (Musa textilis Nee) is an important industrial crop. Its cultivation in Indonesia is, however, hampered by ... f.sp. cubense (Foc) infections. Developing Foc resistance abaca lines require availability of established and reliable screening ... Foc conidial densities — for causing the wilt in abaca, and (iii) responses of ten abaca cultivars against Foc infection. Results of this study showed that the method of inoculation by wounding abaca roots followed submerging the wounded plant in suspension ... effective method for causing the wilt. Among ten abaca cultivars tested, none was resistant to Foc infection. ...
Tópico(s): Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
2008 - Bogor Institute of Agriculture | HAYATI Journal of Biosciences
Book.
1953 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
T.O. Dizon, Olivia P. Damasco, Irish T. Lobina, Marita S. Pinili, Antonio G. Lalusin, Keiko T. Natsuaki,
... sensitivity doses and response of in vitro propagated abaca to Banana bunchy top(BBT) and Banana bract mosaic (BBrM) diseases. Abaca cultivars (cvs) Tinawagan Pula (TP) and Tangongon (TG) ... total of 3,210 and 3,765 irradiated abaca including the non -irradiated control were aphid - and ... 0.6%) and 9 TG (0.9%) selected abaca lines were consistently found negative to BBTV and ... possibility of mutation breeding to produce virus resistant abaca. As gamma irradiation dose (LD30) coupled with in vitro propagation was established in abaca, screening and gene rating PR lines against viruses ...
Tópico(s): Insect Resistance and Genetics
2012 - | Journal of the International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences
Book.
1950 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
Naozumi Teramoto, Kohei Urata, Koichi Ozawa, Mitsuhiro Shibata,
... 10 wt.% untreated or acetic anhydride-treated (AA-) abaca fibers were prepared and their biodegradability was evaluated ... case of PCL composites, the presence of untreated abaca or AA-abaca did not pronouncedly affect the weight loss because ... a relatively high biodegradability. However, the addition of abaca fibers caused the acceleration of weight loss in ... of PHBV and PBS composites. Especially, when untreated abaca was used, the PHBV and PBS composite specimens ... was observed for neat PLA and PLA/AA-abaca composite, the PLA/untreated abaca composite showed ca. ...
Tópico(s): Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
2004 - Elsevier BV | Polymer Degradation and Stability
Book.
1955 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
Mohan Kumar Anand Raj, R. Parameshwaran, Sathish Kumar Palaniappan, Samir Kumar Pal, M. Prasath, V. Krishnaraj, Rajasekar Rathanasamy,
... in analyzing the mechanical behavior of natural fiber (abaca) reinforced polymeric composites under dynamic conditions. It is ... the added polymers. In the present research work, abaca fiber is utilized for the preparation of composites ... is 15% and grows up to 3 m. Abaca is extracted from leaf sheath of Manila hemp ... for high performance applications. Pure and chemically treated abaca fiber based vinyl ester composites are subjected to ... DMA). The reason for the chemical treatment of abaca fiber is to enhance its interfacial bonding with ...
Tópico(s): Bamboo properties and applications
2017 - De Gruyter | Materials Testing
Book.
1950 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
Agnivesh Kumar Sinha, Harendra Kumar Narang, Sandip Bhattacharya,
... in fabrication of various structural (natural fibre) composites. Abaca has found its place as the most widely ... automobiles. In the present study bending strength of abaca-epoxy (polymer) composites is evaluated and analysed. Abaca-epoxy single and double layered composites were fabricated utilising hand layup technique. Prior to fabrication, abaca fibres were chemically treated with 5% wt. alkali ... to analyse the variation in bending strength of abaca polymer composites. This study reveals that fibre loading ...
Tópico(s): Bamboo properties and applications
2018 - Elsevier BV | Materials Today Proceedings
Book.
1950 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
Abstract This paper reviews literatures and information on Abaca fibers (Musa textilis Nee) as reinforcing material for aerospace composite materials. Characterization of Abaca as well properties of Abaca reinforced composites and its applications were discussed. Therefore, challenges and future works for Abaca Reinforced composites were explored. Studies reveal that Abaca fiber pre-treatment helps in improving the mechanical ... In addition, there have been efforts in combining Abaca fibers to existing mixture of synthetic composites to ...
Tópico(s): Bamboo properties and applications
2018 - Taylor & Francis | Composite Interfaces
Book.
1951 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
Marissa A. Paglicawan, Marco P. Rodriguez, Josefina R. Celorico,
... nanocomposites were prepared from high‐density polyethylene (HDPE), abaca fiber, and nanoprecipitated calcium carbonate (NPCC) using the ... the influence of untreated and alkali‐treated woven abaca fabric and NPCC hybrid reinforcement on the thermomechanical ... and layers of untreated and alkali‐treated woven abaca fabric was produced using a hot press machine. ... was composed of 20% weight ratio of woven abaca fibers. The tensile strength showed that the nanocomposite ... value of 60.1 MPa with alkali‐treated abaca and 1% NPCC. However, a further increase in ...
Tópico(s): Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties
2020 - Wiley | Polymer Composites