Obtenção de nanofibras de curauá e aplicação como reforço em compósitos baseados em PVA
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2010-09-03
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Souza, Sivoney Ferreira de [UNESP]
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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O momento atual de maior preocupação ambiental global, a crescente escassez dos recursos fósseis, bem como as novas regulagens ambientais força a busca por materiais que sejam renováveis e compatíveis com o ambiente. Novos materiais estão sendo desenvolvidos a partir de várias fontes naturais e, entre eles a celulose é o mais abundante dos polímeros naturais e um dos mais utilizados. Logo, o objetivo desta dissertação de mestrado foi obter nanofibras de celulose tendo como fonte a fibra vegetal de curauá. Os processos utilizados foram químicos e mecânicos, baseados nos processos de polpação e branqueamento, a fim de isolar a celulose, seguido de processos mecânicos para atingir a escala nanométrica. As nanofibras de celulose propiciam vantagens como melhoria nas propriedades mecânicas e de barreira, além de manter a transparência de polímeros em geral. A fim de comprovar a capacidade de reforço em matrizes poliméricas, as nanofibras de celulose obtidas foram incorporadas nas mesmas. No entanto, para evitar a tendência de aglomeração das nanofibras, principalmente quando retiradas do meio aquoso, o álcool polivinílico (pva) foi escolhido como a matriz polimérica a ser testada, devido à sua compatibilidade com nanofibras de celulose, por ambos serem de natureza hidrofílica, o que aumenta a compatibilidade interfacial de fases entre a nanocelulose e a matriz escolhida. Após a incorporação das nanofibras na matriz polimérica ocorreram significativas melhoras nas propriedades mecânicas da matriz. Ao incorporar 4% de nanofibras da celulose de curauá obteve-se um ganho de 36% e 67% para a tração e para o módulo de young, respectivamente. Com 5% de nanofibras, o aumento nas propriedades foram ainda mais significativos em torno de 44% para a tração máxima e 448% para o módulo de young
Nowadays is a era of greatest environmental concern, with growing scarcity of fossil resources, as well as new environmental regulations obligating the search for materials that are renewable and environmentally friendly. New materials are being developed from various natural sources, and among them, cellulose is the most abundant natural polymers and the one most used. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis was to obtain cellulose nanofibers fibers from curaua plant. The procedures used were based on chemical and mechanical treatment. Pulping and bleaching, in this sequence were done in order to isolate the cellulose, followed by mechanical processes to achieve the nanometer scale. The cellulose nanofibers provide advantages such as improvement of mechanical properties and barrier, besides maintaining transparency of polymers in general. To prove the capacity of reinforcement in polymer matrices, the cellulose nanofibers obtained were incorporated into them. However, to avoid the tendency of nanofibers agglomeration when removed from water, the polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) was chosen as the polymer matrix to be tested, for the reasons that both are hydrophilic in nature and compatible to cellulose nanofibers, which increases the interface between the matrix and the nanocelulose chosen. After the incorporation of nanofibers in the polymer matrix, a significant improvement were observed in its mechanical properties by incorporating 4% of cellulose nanofiber curauá which provided a gain of 36% and 67% for tension and Young's modulus, respectively. With 5% of nanofibers, the increase in properties was even more significant at around 44% for maximum tension and 448% for Young's modulus
Nowadays is a era of greatest environmental concern, with growing scarcity of fossil resources, as well as new environmental regulations obligating the search for materials that are renewable and environmentally friendly. New materials are being developed from various natural sources, and among them, cellulose is the most abundant natural polymers and the one most used. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis was to obtain cellulose nanofibers fibers from curaua plant. The procedures used were based on chemical and mechanical treatment. Pulping and bleaching, in this sequence were done in order to isolate the cellulose, followed by mechanical processes to achieve the nanometer scale. The cellulose nanofibers provide advantages such as improvement of mechanical properties and barrier, besides maintaining transparency of polymers in general. To prove the capacity of reinforcement in polymer matrices, the cellulose nanofibers obtained were incorporated into them. However, to avoid the tendency of nanofibers agglomeration when removed from water, the polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) was chosen as the polymer matrix to be tested, for the reasons that both are hydrophilic in nature and compatible to cellulose nanofibers, which increases the interface between the matrix and the nanocelulose chosen. After the incorporation of nanofibers in the polymer matrix, a significant improvement were observed in its mechanical properties by incorporating 4% of cellulose nanofiber curauá which provided a gain of 36% and 67% for tension and Young's modulus, respectively. With 5% of nanofibers, the increase in properties was even more significant at around 44% for maximum tension and 448% for Young's modulus
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Celulose, Nanofibras, Curauá, Pva, Cellulose, Nanofibers, Nanocomposites, Polyvinyl alcohol
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SOUZA, Sivoney Ferreira de. Obtenção de nanofibras de curauá e aplicação como reforço em compósitos baseados em PVA. 2010. iii, 80 f. Dissertação (Mestrado) - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, 2010.