Natural Leaf Fiber: Comparison
Please note this is a comparison between Version 2 by Vivi Li and Version 1 by Virendra Kumar.

The use of natural fibres has rapidly increased due to their high availability, low density, and renewable capability over synthetic fibre. Natural leaf fibres are easy to extract from the plant (retting process is easy), which offers high stiffness, less energy consumption, less health risk, environment friendly, and better insulation property than the synthetic fibre-based composite. Natural leaf fibre composites have low machining wear with low cost and excellent performance in engineering applications, and hence established as superior reinforcing materials compared to other plant fibres. 

  • thermoset polymer
  • natural composite
  • environment sustainability
  • chemical treatment
  • mechanical properties
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