TY  - EJOU
AU  - Boukerrou, Amar 
AU  - Hammiche, Dalila 
AU  - Hocine, Djidjelli 
AU  - Aouat, Hassina 

TI  - Physical and Mechanical Properties of Polymer Composite  Materials Based on Olive Husk Flour
T2  - Journal of Renewable Materials

PY  - 2014
VL  - 2
IS  - 4
SN  - 2164-6341

AB  - The lack of compatibility between cellulose fi bers and some polymers, such as thermoplastics, is due on one 
hand to the hydrophilic nature of the vegetable fi bers and on the other hand to the hydrophobic character of 
the matrix. This incompatibility induces bad dispersion of the fi bers and the formation of a heterogeneous 
material with mechanical properties which are not very satisfactory. The scope of this article is to describe the 
possibility of using Olive Husk Flour (OHF) as reinforcement in the elaboration of a composite material based 
on polyvinyl chloride (PVC). In this context, we used the PVC-g-MA as compatibilizer and investigated the 
effect of the loading and the effect of treatment on the mechanical properties and thermal behavior of these 
composites; the structures have also been characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray 
diffraction analysis (XRD).
KW  - Composites
KW  -  polyvinyl chloride
KW  -  mechanical characterization
KW  -  compatibilizer

DO  - 10.7569/JRM.2014.634119